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Ecclesiastes 2:19 — King James Version← Study notes

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.


Ecclesiastes 2:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:1916 words
HebrewMeaning
וּ/מִ֣יwmiy
and who?conjH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
יוֹדֵ֗עַywōdēʿa
is knowingverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
הֶֽ/חָכָ֤םheḥākām
¿ a wise personparticleH2450
subtil · wise · man)
יִהְיֶה֙yihəyeh
will he beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
א֣וֹʾwō
or?conjH176
and · either · if · at the least ···
סָכָ֔לsākāl
a foolnounH5530
sottish
וְ/יִשְׁלַט֙wəyišəlaṭ
so he may have powerconjH7980
have) rule · have dominion · give power
בְּ/כָלbəkāl
over allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עֲמָלִ֔/יʿămāliy
toil mynounH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
שֶֽׁ/עָמַ֥לְתִּיšeʿāmalətiy
that I have toiledparticleH5998
וְ/שֶׁ/חָכַ֖מְתִּיwəšeḥākamətiy
and that I worked skillfullyconjH2449
exceeding · be (make self · shew self) wise · deal wisely ···
תַּ֣חַתtaḥat
underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הַ/שָּׁ֑מֶשׁhašāmeš
the sunparticleH8121
east side · west · window. See also
גַּםgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
זֶ֖הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
הָֽבֶלhābel
is futilitynounH1892
altogether · vanity
Words 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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