Ecclesiastes 3:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;”

Ecclesiastes 3:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 3:29 words

HebrewMeaning

עֵ֥תʿēt

waysnounH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

לָ/לֶ֖דֶתlāledet

bearpronH3205

beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···

וְ/עֵ֣תwəʿēt

waysconjH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

לָ/מ֑וּתlāmwt

dead (bodypronH4191

at all · crying · man · one) ···

עֵ֣תʿēt

waysnounH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

לָ/טַ֔עַתlāṭaʿat

fastenedpronH5193

plant

וְ/עֵ֖תwəʿēt

waysconjH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

לַ/עֲק֥וֹרlaʿăqwōr

dig downpronH6131

hough · pluck up · root up

נָטֽוּעַnāṭwʿa

fastenedverbH5193

plant

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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