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Ecclesiastes 2:25 — King James Version← Study notes

For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?


Ecclesiastes 2:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:257 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מִ֥יmiy
who?particleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
יֹאכַ֛לyōʾkal
will he eatverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
וּ/מִ֥יwmiy
and who?conjH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
יָח֖וּשׁyāḥwš
will he enjoyverbH2363
ready
ח֥וּץḥwṣ
outsidenounH2351
field · forth · highway · more ···
מִמֶּֽ/נִּיmimeniy
from mepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
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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