Ecclesiastes 2:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

enemyconjH8130

foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הַ֣/חַיִּ֔יםhaḥayiym

aliveparticleH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

כִּ֣יkiy

andconjH3588

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

רַ֤עraʿ

adversityadjH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

עָלַ/י֙ʿālay

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

הַֽ/מַּעֲשֶׂ֔הhamaʿăśeh

actparticleH4639

art · bakemeat · business · deed ···

שֶׁ/נַּעֲשָׂ֖הšenaʿăśāh

accomplishparticleH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

תַּ֣חַתtaḥat

aspronH8478

beneath · flat · in · place ···

הַ/שָּׁ֑מֶשׁhašāmeš

sunparticleH8121

east side · west · window. See also

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

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

הַ/כֹּ֥לhakōl

all (mannerparticleH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הֶ֖בֶלhebel

vainnounH1892

altogether · vanity

וּ/רְע֥וּתwrəʿwt

vexationconjH7469

רֽוּחַrwḥa

airnounH7307

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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