“For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.”
Ecclesiastes 2:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:2118 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּיkiy
ifconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יֵ֣שׁyēš
thereparticleH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
אָדָ֗םʾādām
was a personnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
שֶׁ/עֲמָל֛/וֹšeʿămālwō
who toil hisparticleH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
בְּ/חָכְמָ֥הbəḥākəmāh
was with wisdompronH2451
wisdom · wisely · wit
וּ/בְ/דַ֖עַתwbədaʿat
and with knowledgeconjH1847
norantly · know · awares
וּ/בְ/כִשְׁר֑וֹןwbəkišərwōn
and with skillconjH3788
good · right
וּ/לְ/אָדָ֞םwləʾādām
and to a personconjH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
שֶׁ/לֹּ֤אšelōʾ
who notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
עָֽמַלʿāmal
he toiledverbH5998
בּ/וֹ֙bwō
pron
יִתְּנֶ֣/נּוּyitənenw
he will give itverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
חֶלְק֔/וֹḥeləqwō
portion hisnounH2506
inheritance · part · partake · portion
גַּםgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
זֶ֥הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
הֶ֖בֶלhebel
is futilitynounH1892
altogether · vanity
וְ/רָעָ֥הwərāʿāh
and an evilconjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
רַבָּֽהrabāh
greatadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
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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