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Ecclesiastes 2:1 — King James Version← Study notes

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.


Ecclesiastes 2:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:113 words
HebrewMeaning
אָמַ֤רְתִּֽיʾāmarətiy
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲנִי֙ʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
בְּ/לִבִּ֔/יbəlibiy
heartpronH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
לְכָ/הləkāh
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
נָּ֛אnāʾ
I beseech theeparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
אֲנַסְּ/כָ֛הʾănasəkāh
adventureverbH5254
assay · prove · tempt · try
בְ/שִׂמְחָ֖הbəśiməḥāh
gladnesspronH8057
exceeding · joy · mirth · pleasure ···
וּ/רְאֵ֣הwrəʾēh
advise selfconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
בְ/ט֑וֹבbəṭwōb
beautifulpronH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
וְ/הִנֵּ֥הwəhinēh
beholdconjH2009
lo · see
גַםgam
againadvH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
ה֖וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
הָֽבֶלhābel
vainnounH1892
altogether · vanity
Words 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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