Ecclesiastes 2:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.”

Ecclesiastes 2:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:1617 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּי֩kiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אֵ֨יןʾēyn

elseparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

זִכְר֧וֹןzikərwōn

memorialnounH2146

record

לֶ/חָכָ֛םleḥākām

cunningpronH2450

subtil · wise · man)

עִֽםʿim

accompanyingpronH5973

against · and · as · before ···

הַ/כְּסִ֖ילhakəsiyl

foolparticleH3684

לְ/עוֹלָ֑םləʿwōlām

alwaypronH5769

ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···

בְּ/שֶׁ/כְּבָ֞רbəšekəbār

alreadypronH3528

now

הַ/יָּמִ֤יםhayāmiym

dayparticleH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

הַ/בָּאִים֙habāʾiym

abideparticleH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

הַ/כֹּ֣לhakōl

all (mannerparticleH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

נִשְׁכָּ֔חnišəkāḥ

forgetverbH7911

at all

וְ/אֵ֛יךְwəʾēykə

howconjH349

what

יָמ֥וּתyāmwt

dead (bodyverbH4191

at all · crying · man · one) ···

הֶ/חָכָ֖םheḥākām

cunningparticleH2450

subtil · wise · man)

עִֽםʿim

accompanyingpronH5973

against · and · as · before ···

הַ/כְּסִֽילhakəsiyl

foolparticleH3684

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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