Ecclesiastes 12:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.”

Ecclesiastes 12:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 12:1314 words

HebrewMeaning

ס֥וֹףswōp

conclusionnounH5490

end · hinder participle

דָּבָ֖רdābār

wordnounH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

הַ/כֹּ֣לhakōl

all (mannerparticleH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

נִשְׁמָ֑עnišəmāʿ

call togetherverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הָ/אֱלֹהִ֤יםhāʾĕlōhiym

GodparticleH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

יְרָא֙yərāʾ

affrightverbH3372

be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···

וְ/אֶתwəʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853

מִצְוֺתָ֣י/וmiṣəwōtāyw

commandednounH4687

law · ordinance · precept

שְׁמ֔וֹרšəmwōr

bewardverbH8104

be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···

כִּיkiy

andconjH3588

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

זֶ֖הzeh

heprepH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הָ/אָדָֽםhāʾādām

man (meanparticleH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

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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