“I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.”
Ecclesiastes 2:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:326 words
HebrewMeaning
תַּ֣רְתִּיtarətiy
I searchedverbH8446
sent to descry · be excellent · merchant · search ···
בְ/לִבִּ֔/יbəlibiy
in heart mypronH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
לִ/מְשׁ֥וֹךְliməšwōkə
to gratifypronH4900
out) · continue · defer · extend ···
בַּ/יַּ֖יִןbayayin
with winepronH3196
wine · wine
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בְּשָׂרִ֑/יbəśāriy
flesh mynounH1320
(fat · lean) flesh · kin · kind ···
וְ/לִבִּ֞/יwəlibiy
and heart myconjH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
נֹהֵ֤גnōhēg
was guidingverbH5090
bring · carry away · drive · lead (away ···
בַּֽ/חָכְמָה֙baḥākəmāh
with wisdompronH2451
wisdom · wisely · wit
וְ/לֶ/אֱחֹ֣זwəleʾĕḥōz
and to take holdconjH270
be affrighted · (catch · lay · take) hold ···
בְּ/סִכְל֔וּתbəsikəlwt
on follypronH5531
foolishness
עַ֣דʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אֶרְאֶ֗הʾerəʾeh
I sawverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֵיʾēy
where?particleH335
what · whence · where · whether ···
זֶ֨הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
ט֜וֹבṭwōb
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לִ/בְנֵ֤יlibənēy
for the children ofpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הָ/אָדָם֙hāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יַעֲשׂוּ֙yaʿăśw
they will doverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
תַּ֣חַתtaḥat
underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִםhašāmayim
the heavensparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
מִסְפַּ֖רmisəpar
the number ofnounH4557
abundance · all · few · finite ···
יְמֵ֥יyəmēy
the days ofnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
חַיֵּי/הֶֽםḥayēyhem
lives theirnounH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
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.