“Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.”
Ecclesiastes 2:13 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:1311 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/רָאִ֣יתִיwərāʾiytiy
and I sawconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אָ֔נִיʾāniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
שֶׁ/יֵּ֥שׁšeyēš
that thereparticleH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
יִתְר֛וֹןyitərwōn
is advantagenounH3504
excellency · profit
לַֽ/חָכְמָ֖הlaḥākəmāh
of wisdompronH2451
wisdom · wisely · wit
מִןmin
more thanpronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הַ/סִּכְל֑וּתhasikəlwt
follyparticleH5531
foolishness
כִּֽ/יתְר֥וֹןkiytərwōn
like the advantage ofpronH3504
excellency · profit
הָ/א֖וֹרhāʾwōr
lightparticleH216
clear · day · light · morning ···
מִןmin
more thanpronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הַ/חֹֽשֶׁךְhaḥōšekə
darknessparticleH2822
night · obscurity
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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