“And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.”
Ecclesiastes 2:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:1216 words
HebrewMeaning
וּ/פָנִ֤יתִֽיwpāniytiy
and I turnedconjH6437
at tide · behold · cast out · come on ···
אֲנִי֙ʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
לִ/רְא֣וֹתlirəʾwōt
to considerpronH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
חָכְמָ֔הḥākəmāh
wisdomnounH2451
wisdom · wisely · wit
וְ/הוֹלֵל֖וֹתwəhwōlēlwōt
and madnessconjH1947
וְ/סִכְל֑וּתwəsikəlwt
and follyconjH5531
foolishness
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מֶ֣הmeh
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
הָ/אָדָ֗םhāʾādām
is the personparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
שֶׁ/יָּבוֹא֙šeyābwōʾ
who will comeparticleH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אַחֲרֵ֣יʾaḥărēy
afterpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
אֵ֥תʾēt
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
that whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
כְּבָ֖רkəbār
alreadyadvH3528
now
עָשֽׂוּ/הוּʿāśwhw
people have done itverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
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.