Ecclesiastes 3:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.”

Ecclesiastes 3:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 3:1010 words

HebrewMeaning

רָאִ֣יתִיrāʾiytiy

advise selfverbH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הָֽ/עִנְיָ֗ןhāʿinəyān

businessparticleH6045

travail

אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

נָתַ֧ןnātan

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

אֱלֹהִ֛יםʾĕlōhiym

GodnounH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

לִ/בְנֵ֥יlibənēy

sonpronH1121

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

הָ/אָדָ֖םhāʾādām

man (meanparticleH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

לַ/עֲנ֥וֹתlaʿănwōt

abase selfpronH6031

afflict(-ion · self) · answer (by mistake for

בּֽ/וֹbwō

pron

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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