“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
there notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
ט֤וֹבṭwōb
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
בָּ/אָדָם֙bāʾādām
for personpronH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
שֶׁ/יֹּאכַ֣לšeyōʾkal
that he will eatparticleH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
וְ/שָׁתָ֔הwəšātāh
and he will drinkconjH8354
assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···
וְ/הֶרְאָ֧הwəherəʾāh
and he will showconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
נַפְשׁ֛/וֹnapəšwō
self hisnounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
ט֖וֹבṭwōb
goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
בַּ/עֲמָל֑/וֹbaʿămālwō
in toil hispronH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
גַּםgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
זֹה֙zōh
thisprepH2090
it · this · that · thus and thus
רָאִ֣יתִיrāʾiytiy
I have seenverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אָ֔נִיʾāniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
כִּ֛יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מִ/יַּ֥דmiyad
is from the hand ofpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
הִֽיאhiyʾ
itprepH1931
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.
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