Ecclesiastes 2:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:”

Ecclesiastes 2:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:69 words

HebrewMeaning

עָשִׂ֥יתִיʿāśiytiy

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

לִ֖/יliy

pron

בְּרֵכ֣וֹתbərēkwōt

poolnounH1295

מָ֑יִםmāyim

waternounH4325

piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···

לְ/הַשְׁק֣וֹתləhašəqwōt

cause to (givepronH8248

give to · let · make to) drink · drown ···

מֵ/הֶ֔םmēhem

pron

יַ֖עַרyaʿar

combnounH3293

forest · wood

צוֹמֵ֥חַṣwōmēḥa

bearverbH6779

bring forth · (cause to · make to) bud · (cause to ···

עֵצִֽיםʿēṣiym

gallowsnounH6086

carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···

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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