Ecclesiastes 2:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.”

Ecclesiastes 2:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:1023 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/כֹל֙wəkōl

all (mannerconjH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

שָֽׁאֲל֣וּšāʾălw

ask (counselverbH7592

on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···

עֵינַ֔/יʿēynay

eyenounH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

לֹ֥אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

אָצַ֖לְתִּיʾāṣalətiy

keepverbH680

reserve · straiten · take

מֵ/הֶ֑םmēhem

pron

לֹֽאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

מָנַ֨עְתִּיmānaʿətiy

denyverbH4513

keep · refrain · restrain · withhold

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

לִבִּ֜/יlibiy

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

מִ/כָּלmikāl

all (mannerpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

שִׂמְחָ֗הśiməḥāh

gladnessnounH8057

exceeding · joy · mirth · pleasure ···

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

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

לִבִּ֤/יlibiy

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

שָׂמֵ֨חַ֙śāmēḥa

gladadjH8056

joyful · merry · -ily) · rejoice

מִ/כָּלmikāl

all (mannerpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

עֲמָלִ֔/יʿămāliy

grievancenounH5999

iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···

וְ/זֶֽהwəzeh

heconjH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

הָיָ֥הhāyāh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

חֶלְקִ֖/יḥeləqiy

flatterynounH2506

inheritance · part · partake · portion

מִ/כָּלmikāl

all (mannerpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

עֲמָלִֽ/יʿămāliy

grievancenounH5999

iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···

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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