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Ecclesiastes 2:15 — King James Version← Study notes

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.


Ecclesiastes 2:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:1518 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אָמַ֨רְתִּֽיwəʾāmarətiy
and I saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲנִ֜יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
בְּ/לִבִּ֗/יbəlibiy
in heart mypronH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
כְּ/מִקְרֵ֤הkəmiqərēh
like the fate ofpronH4745
befalleth · chance · event · hap
הַ/כְּסִיל֙hakəsiyl
the foolparticleH3684
גַּםgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אֲנִ֣יʾăniy
meprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
יִקְרֵ֔/נִיyiqərēniy
it will happen to meverbH7136
lay beams · befall · bring · come ···
וְ/לָ֧/מָּהwəlāmāh
and why?conjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
חָכַ֛מְתִּיḥākamətiy
have I become wiseverbH2449
exceeding · be (make self · shew self) wise · deal wisely ···
אֲנִ֖יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
אָ֣זʾāz
thenadvH227
for · from · hitherto · now ···
יוֹתֵ֑רywōtēr
excessivelynounH3148
more · over · profit
וְ/דִבַּ֣רְתִּיwədibarətiy
and I saidconjH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
בְ/לִבִּ֔/יbəlibiy
in heart mypronH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
שֶׁ/גַּםšegam
that alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
זֶ֖הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
הָֽבֶלhābel
is futilitynounH1892
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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