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Ecclesiastes 3:1 — King James Version← Study notes

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:


Ecclesiastes 3:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 3:17 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/כֹּ֖לlakōl
for everythingpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
זְמָ֑ןzəmān
an appointed timenounH2165
time
וְ/עֵ֥תwəʿēt
and an timeconjH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
לְ/כָלləkāl
for everypronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
חֵ֖פֶץḥēpeṣ
matternounH2656
delight · desire · things desired · matter ···
תַּ֥חַתtaḥat
underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִםhašāmāyim
the heavensparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
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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A Time for Everything
For everything there is a season, a time to be born and a time to die, a time to weep and a time to laugh. The teacher is acknowledging that life has rhythms - not all of it is the same season, not al...
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