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Ecclesiastes 3:11 — King James Version← Study notes

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.


Ecclesiastes 3:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 3:1123 words
HebrewMeaning
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/כֹּ֥לhakōl
everythingparticleH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עָשָׂ֖הʿāśāh
he has madeverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
יָפֶ֣הyāpeh
beautifuladjH3303
beautiful · comely · fair(-est · one) ···
בְ/עִתּ֑/וֹbəʿitwō
in time itspronH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
גַּ֤םgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/עֹלָם֙hāʿōlām
perpetuityparticleH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
נָתַ֣ןnātan
he has putverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
בְּ/לִבָּ֔/םbəlibām
in heart theirpronH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
מִ/בְּלִ֞יmibəliy
because notpronH1097
ig · for lack of · where no...is · so that no ···
אֲשֶׁ֧רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִמְצָ֣אyiməṣāʾ
he will findverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
הָ/אָדָ֗םhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַֽ/מַּעֲשֶׂ֛הhamaʿăśeh
the workparticleH4639
art · bakemeat · business · deed ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
עָשָׂ֥הʿāśāh
he has doneverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
מֵ/רֹ֥אשׁmērōʾš
from beginningpronH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
וְ/עַדwəʿad
and toconjH5704
and · as · at · before ···
סֽוֹףswōp
endnounH5490
end · hinder participle
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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