“I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 2:1 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:113 words
HebrewMeaning
אָמַ֤רְתִּֽיʾāmarətiy
I saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲנִי֙ʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
בְּ/לִבִּ֔/יbəlibiy
in heart mypronH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
לְכָ/הləkāh
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
נָּ֛אnāʾ
pleaseparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
אֲנַסְּ/כָ֛הʾănasəkāh
let me put to the test youverbH5254
assay · prove · tempt · try
בְ/שִׂמְחָ֖הbəśiməḥāh
with pleasurepronH8057
exceeding · joy · mirth · pleasure ···
וּ/רְאֵ֣הwrəʾēh
and lookconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
בְ/ט֑וֹבbəṭwōb
on goodpronH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
וְ/הִנֵּ֥הwəhinēh
and there!conjH2009
lo · see
גַםgam
alsoadvH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
ה֖וּאhwʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
הָֽבֶלhābel
was 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.
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