Bible › Ecclesiastes › Chapter 2 › Verse 15 › Interlinear “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 2:15 — Hebrew Interlinear Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:15 18 words
Hebrew Meaning
וְ/אָמַ֨רְתִּֽי wəʾāmarətiy
answer conj H559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲנִ֜י ʾăniy
I prep H589
me · mine · myself · we ···
בְּ/לִבִּ֗/י bəlibiy
heart pron H3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
כְּ/מִקְרֵ֤ה kəmiqərēh
something befallen pron H4745
befalleth · chance · event · hap
גַּם gam
again particle H1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אֲנִ֣י ʾăniy
I prep H589
me · mine · myself · we ···
יִקְרֵ֔/נִי yiqərēniy
appoint verb H7136
lay beams · befall · bring · come ···
וְ/לָ֧/מָּה wəlāmāh
how (long conj H4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
חָכַ֛מְתִּי ḥākamətiy
teach wisdom verb H2449
exceeding · be (make self · shew self) wise · deal wisely ···
אֲנִ֖י ʾăniy
I prep H589
me · mine · myself · we ···
אָ֣ז ʾāz
beginning adv H227
for · from · hitherto · now ···
יוֹתֵ֑ר ywōtēr
better noun H3148
more · over · profit
וְ/דִבַּ֣רְתִּי wədibarətiy
answer conj H1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
בְ/לִבִּ֔/י bəlibiy
heart pron H3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
שֶׁ/גַּם šegam
again particle H1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
זֶ֖ה zeh
he prep H2088
hence · here · it · now ···
הָֽבֶל hābel
vain noun H1892
altogether · vanity
ℹ 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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