“Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.”
Ecclesiastes 2:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:1715 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/שָׂנֵ֨אתִי֙wəśānēʾtiy
and I hatedconjH8130
foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ֣/חַיִּ֔יםhaḥayiym
lifeparticleH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
רַ֤עraʿ
was eviladjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
עָלַ/י֙ʿālay
on mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַֽ/מַּעֲשֶׂ֔הhamaʿăśeh
the workparticleH4639
art · bakemeat · business · deed ···
שֶׁ/נַּעֲשָׂ֖הšenaʿăśāh
that was doneparticleH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
תַּ֣חַתtaḥat
underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הַ/שָּׁ֑מֶשׁhašāmeš
the sunparticleH8121
east side · west · window. See also
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הַ/כֹּ֥לhakōl
everythingparticleH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הֶ֖בֶלhebel
is futilitynounH1892
altogether · vanity
וּ/רְע֥וּתwrəʿwt
and striving ofconjH7469
רֽוּחַrwḥa
windnounH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
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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