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Ecclesiastes 2:20 — King James Version← Study notes

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.


Ecclesiastes 2:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:2011 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/סַבּ֥וֹתִֽיwəsabwōtiy
and I turnedconjH5437
cast · fetch · lead · make ···
אֲנִ֖יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
לְ/יַאֵ֣שׁləyaʾēš
to make despairpronH2976
one that is desperate · be no hope
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
לִבִּ֑/יlibiy
heart mynounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
עַ֚לʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הֶ֣/עָמָ֔לheʿāmāl
the toilparticleH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
שֶׁ/עָמַ֖לְתִּיšeʿāmalətiy
that I have toiledparticleH5998
תַּ֥חַתtaḥat
underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁhašāmeš
the sunparticleH8121
east side · west · window. See also
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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