“I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.”
Ecclesiastes 3:18 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 3:1814 words
HebrewMeaning
אָמַ֤רְתִּֽיʾāmarətiy
I saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲנִי֙ʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
בְּ/לִבִּ֔/יbəlibiy
in heart mypronH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
דִּבְרַת֙dibərat
cause ofnounH1700
end · estate · order · regard
בְּנֵ֣יbənēy
the children ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הָ/אָדָ֔םhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
לְ/בָרָ֖/םləbārām
to test thempronH1305
choice · chosen · cleanse · clearly ···
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
וְ/לִ/רְא֕וֹתwəlirəʾwōt
and to seeconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
שְׁ/הֶםšəhem
that theyparticleH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
בְּהֵמָ֥הbəhēmāh
are animalsnounH929
cattle
הֵ֖מָּהhēmāh
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
לָ/הֶֽםlāhem
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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