“There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.”
Ecclesiastes 2:24 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:2418 words
HebrewMeaning
אֵֽיןʾēyn
elseparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
ט֤וֹבṭwōb
beautifuladjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
בָּ/אָדָם֙bāʾādām
man (meanpronH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
שֶׁ/יֹּאכַ֣לšeyōʾkal
burn upparticleH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
וְ/שָׁתָ֔הwəšātāh
banquetconjH8354
assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···
וְ/הֶרְאָ֧הwəherəʾāh
advise selfconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
נַפְשׁ֛/וֹnapəšwō
anynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
ט֖וֹבṭwōb
beautifuladjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
בַּ/עֲמָל֑/וֹbaʿămālwō
grievancepronH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
גַּםgam
againparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
זֹה֙zōh
as well as anotherprepH2090
it · this · that · thus and thus
רָאִ֣יתִיrāʾiytiy
advise selfverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אָ֔נִיʾāniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
כִּ֛יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מִ/יַּ֥דmiyad
handpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
הִֽיאhiyʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
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.