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Ecclesiastes 3:18 — King James Version← Study notes

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 3:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 3:1814 words
HebrewMeaning
אָמַ֤רְתִּֽיʾāmarətiy
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲנִי֙ʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
בְּ/לִבִּ֔/יbəlibiy
heartpronH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
דִּבְרַת֙dibərat
causenounH1700
end · estate · order · regard
בְּנֵ֣יbənēy
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הָ/אָדָ֔םhāʾādām
man (meanparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
לְ/בָרָ֖/םləbārām
make brightpronH1305
choice · chosen · cleanse · clearly ···
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
וְ/לִ/רְא֕וֹתwəlirəʾwōt
advise selfconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
שְׁ/הֶםšəhem
itparticleH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
בְּהֵמָ֥הbəhēmāh
beastnounH929
cattle
הֵ֖מָּהhēmāh
itprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
לָ/הֶֽםlāhem
pron
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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