Ecclesiastes 2:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.”

Ecclesiastes 2:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:1813 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/שָׂנֵ֤אתִֽיwəśānēʾtiy

enemyconjH8130

foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···

אֲנִי֙ʾăniy

IprepH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

עֲמָלִ֔/יʿămāliy

grievancenounH5999

iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···

שֶׁ/אֲנִ֥יšeʾăniy

IparticleH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

עָמֵ֖לʿāmēl

that labourethadjH6001

that is a misery · had taken · wicked · workman

תַּ֣חַתtaḥat

aspronH8478

beneath · flat · in · place ···

הַ/שָּׁ֑מֶשׁhašāmeš

sunparticleH8121

east side · west · window. See also

שֶׁ֣/אַנִּיחֶ֔/נּוּšeʾaniyḥenw

bestowparticleH3240

cast down · lay (down · up) · leave ···

לָ/אָדָ֖םlāʾādām

man (meanpronH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

שֶׁ/יִּהְיֶ֥הšeyihəyeh

beaconparticleH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

אַחֲרָֽ/יʾaḥărāy

after (thatpronH310

-ward) · again · at · away from ···

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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