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 2:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:1916 words

HebrewMeaning

וּ/מִ֣יwmiy

anyconjH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

יוֹדֵ֗עַywōdēʿa

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

הֶֽ/חָכָ֤םheḥākām

cunningparticleH2450

subtil · wise · man)

יִהְיֶה֙yihəyeh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

א֣וֹʾwō

alsoconjH176

and · either · if · at the least ···

סָכָ֔לsākāl

foolnounH5530

sottish

וְ/יִשְׁלַט֙wəyišəlaṭ

(bearconjH7980

have) rule · have dominion · give power

בְּ/כָלbəkāl

all (mannerpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

עֲמָלִ֔/יʿămāliy

grievancenounH5999

iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···

שֶֽׁ/עָמַ֥לְתִּיšeʿāmalətiy

labourparticleH5998

וְ/שֶׁ/חָכַ֖מְתִּיwəšeḥākamətiy

teach wisdomconjH2449

exceeding · be (make self · shew self) wise · deal wisely ···

תַּ֣חַתtaḥat

aspronH8478

beneath · flat · in · place ···

הַ/שָּׁ֑מֶשׁhašāmeš

sunparticleH8121

east side · west · window. See also

גַּםgam

againparticleH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

זֶ֖הzeh

heprepH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

הָֽבֶלhābel

vainnounH1892

altogether · vanity

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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