“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
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אִםʾim
exceptconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
שָׁנִ֥יםšāniym
yearsnounH8141
whole age · long · old
הַרְבֵּ֛הharəbēh
surely a multitudeverbH7235
archer (by mistake for
יִחְיֶ֥הyiḥəyeh
will liveverbH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
הָ/אָדָ֖םhāʾādām
personparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
בְּ/כֻלָּ֣/םbəkulām
in all of thempronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
יִשְׂמָ֑חyiśəmāḥ
let him be take pleasureverbH8055
be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···
וְ/יִזְכֹּר֙wəyizəkōr
and he may rememberconjH2142
burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יְמֵ֣יyəmēy
the days ofnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הַ/חֹ֔שֶׁךְhaḥōšekə
darknessparticleH2822
night · obscurity
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הַרְבֵּ֥הharəbēh
surely manyverbH7235
archer (by mistake for
יִהְי֖וּyihəyw
will beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
שֶׁ/בָּ֥אšebāʾ
that has comeparticleH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
הָֽבֶלhābel
is futilitynounH1892
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.