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 2:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:2011 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/סַבּ֥וֹתִֽיwəsabwōtiy

bringconjH5437

cast · fetch · lead · make ···

אֲנִ֖יʾăniy

IprepH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

לְ/יַאֵ֣שׁləyaʾēš

despairpronH2976

one that is desperate · be no hope

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

לִבִּ֑/יlibiy

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

עַ֚לʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הֶ֣/עָמָ֔לheʿāmāl

grievanceparticleH5999

iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···

שֶׁ/עָמַ֖לְתִּיšeʿāmalətiy

labourparticleH5998

תַּ֥חַתtaḥat

aspronH8478

beneath · flat · in · place ···

הַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁhašāmeš

sunparticleH8121

east side · west · window. See also

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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