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Ecclesiastes 2:8 — King James Version← Study notes

I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.


Ecclesiastes 2:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:817 words
HebrewMeaning
כָּנַ֤סְתִּיkānasətiy
I gatheredverbH3664
heap up · wrap self
לִ/י֙liy
pron
גַּםgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
כֶּ֣סֶףkesep
silvernounH3701
price · silver
וְ/זָהָ֔בwəzāhāb
and goldconjH2091
fair weather
וּ/סְגֻלַּ֥תwsəgulat
and treasure ofconjH5459
peculiar · proper good · special
מְלָכִ֖יםməlākiym
kingsnounH4428
royal
וְ/הַ/מְּדִינ֑וֹתwəhamədiynwōt
and provincesconjH4082
עָשִׂ֨יתִיʿāśiytiy
I acquiredverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לִ֜/יliy
pron
שָׁרִ֣יםšāriym
male singersverbH7891
וְ/שָׁר֗וֹתwəšārwōt
and female singersconjH7891
וְ/תַעֲנוּגֹ֛תwətaʿănwgōt
and the delights ofconjH8588
delight · pleasant
בְּנֵ֥יbənēy
the children ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הָ/אָדָ֖םhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
שִׁדָּ֥הšidāh
breastnounH7705
all sorts
וְ/שִׁדּֽוֹתwəšidwōt
and breastsconjH7705
all sorts
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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Strength in weakness - Ecclesiastes 2
I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. God is faithful in every circumstance. Today it spe...
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