“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
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֵ֨יןʾēyn
there notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
זִכְר֧וֹןzikərwōn
is remembrancenounH2146
record
לֶ/חָכָ֛םleḥākām
of the wise manpronH2450
subtil · wise · man)
עִֽםʿim
withpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
הַ/כְּסִ֖ילhakəsiyl
the foolparticleH3684
לְ/עוֹלָ֑םləʿwōlām
for a long timepronH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
בְּ/שֶׁ/כְּבָ֞רbəšekəbār
in that alreadypronH3528
now
הַ/יָּמִ֤יםhayāmiym
the daysparticleH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הַ/בָּאִים֙habāʾiym
comingparticleH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
הַ/כֹּ֣לhakōl
everythingparticleH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
נִשְׁכָּ֔חnišəkāḥ
it has been forgottenverbH7911
at all
וְ/אֵ֛יךְwəʾēykə
and how!conjH349
what
יָמ֥וּתyāmwt
he will dieverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
הֶ/חָכָ֖םheḥākām
the wise personparticleH2450
subtil · wise · man)
עִֽםʿim
withpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
הַ/כְּסִֽילhakəsiyl
the 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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