Ecclesiastes 2:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:”

Ecclesiastes 2:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:718 words

HebrewMeaning

קָנִ֨יתִי֙qāniytiy

attainverbH7069

buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···

עֲבָדִ֣יםʿăbādiym

bondmannounH5650

bondage · servant · servant

וּ/שְׁפָח֔וֹתwšəpāḥwōt

(bond-conjH8198

hand-) maid(-en · -servant) · wench · bondwoman ···

וּ/בְנֵיwbənēy

sonconjH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

בַ֖יִתbayit

housenounH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

הָ֣יָהhāyāh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

לִ֑/יliy

pron

גַּ֣םgam

againparticleH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

מִקְנֶה֩miqəneh

cattlenounH4735

flock · herd · possession · purchase ···

בָקָ֨רbāqār

beevenounH1241

bull · calf · cow · great ···

וָ/צֹ֤אןwāṣōʾn

cattleconjH6629

flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···

הַרְבֵּה֙harəbēh

abundanceverbH7235

archer (by mistake for

הָ֣יָהhāyāh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

לִ֔/יliy

pron

מִ/כֹּ֛לmikōl

all (mannerpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

שֶֽׁ/הָי֥וּšehāyw

beaconparticleH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

לְ/פָנַ֖/יləpānay

a- forepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָֽםbiyrwšālāim

JerusalempronH3389

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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