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Ecclesiastes 3:19 — King James Version← Study notes

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.


Ecclesiastes 3:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 3:1925 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּי֩kiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מִקְרֶ֨הmiqəreh
the fate ofnounH4745
befalleth · chance · event · hap
בְֽנֵיbənēy
the children ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הָ/אָדָ֜םhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
וּ/מִקְרֶ֣הwmiqəreh
and the fate ofconjH4745
befalleth · chance · event · hap
הַ/בְּהֵמָ֗הhabəhēmāh
animalsparticleH929
cattle
וּ/מִקְרֶ֤הwmiqəreh
and fateconjH4745
befalleth · chance · event · hap
אֶחָד֙ʾeḥād
oneadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
לָ/הֶ֔םlāhem
pron
כְּ/מ֥וֹתkəmwōt
like the death ofpronH4194
death · die
זֶה֙zeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
כֵּ֣ןkēn
soparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
מ֣וֹתmwōt
the death ofnounH4194
death · die
זֶ֔הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
וְ/ר֥וּחַwərwḥa
and breathconjH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
אֶחָ֖דʾeḥād
oneadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
לַ/כֹּ֑לlakōl
belongs to allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
וּ/מוֹתַ֨רwmwōtar
and the advantage ofconjH4195
preeminence · profit
הָ/אָדָ֤םhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
מִןmin
is more thanpronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הַ/בְּהֵמָה֙habəhēmāh
the animalsparticleH929
cattle
אָ֔יִןʾāyin
notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הַ/כֹּ֖לhakōl
everythingparticleH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָֽבֶלhābel
is futilitynounH1892
altogether · vanity
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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