Ecclesiastes 11:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.”

Ecclesiastes 11:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 11:818 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֣יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אִםʾim

(andconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

שָׁנִ֥יםšāniym

yearnounH8141

whole age · long · old

הַרְבֵּ֛הharəbēh

abundanceverbH7235

archer (by mistake for

יִחְיֶ֥הyiḥəyeh

keep (leaveverbH2421

make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···

הָ/אָדָ֖םhāʾādām

man (meanparticleH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

בְּ/כֻלָּ֣/םbəkulām

all (mannerpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

יִשְׂמָ֑חyiśəmāḥ

cheer upverbH8055

be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···

וְ/יִזְכֹּר֙wəyizəkōr

be maleconjH2142

burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

יְמֵ֣יyəmēy

daynounH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

הַ/חֹ֔שֶׁךְhaḥōšekə

darkparticleH2822

night · obscurity

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

הַרְבֵּ֥הharəbēh

abundanceverbH7235

archer (by mistake for

יִהְי֖וּyihəyw

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

שֶׁ/בָּ֥אšebāʾ

abideparticleH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

הָֽבֶלhābel

vainnounH1892

altogether · vanity

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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