Ecclesiastes 2:14 — King James Version← Study notes

“The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.”

Ecclesiastes 2:14 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:1414 words

HebrewMeaning

הֶֽ/חָכָם֙heḥākām

the wise personparticleH2450

subtil · wise · man)

עֵינָ֣י/וʿēynāyw

eyes hisnounH5869

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

בְּ/רֹאשׁ֔/וֹbərōʾšwō

are in head hispronH7218

beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···

וְ/הַ/כְּסִ֖ילwəhakəsiyl

and the foolconjH3684

בַּ/חֹ֣שֶׁךְbaḥōšekə

in darknesspronH2822

night · obscurity

הוֹלֵ֑ךְhwōlēkə

is walkingverbH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

וְ/יָדַ֣עְתִּיwəyādaʿətiy

and I knewconjH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

גַםgam

alsoadvH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

אָ֔נִיʾāniy

IprepH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

שֶׁ/מִּקְרֶ֥הšemiqəreh

that fateparticleH4745

befalleth · chance · event · hap

אֶחָ֖דʾeḥād

oneadjH259

alike · alone · altogether · and ···

יִקְרֶ֥הyiqəreh

it will happen toverbH7136

lay beams · befall · bring · come ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

כֻּלָּֽ/םkulām

all of themnounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

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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