Ecclesiastes 3:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?”

Ecclesiastes 3:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 3:2114 words

HebrewMeaning

מִ֣יmiy

anyparticleH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

יוֹדֵ֗עַywōdēʿa

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

ר֚וּחַrwḥa

airnounH7307

anger · blast · breath · cool ···

בְּנֵ֣יbənēy

sonnounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

הָ/אָדָ֔םhāʾādām

man (meanparticleH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

הָ/עֹלָ֥הhāʿōlāh

ariseparticleH5927

ascend up · at once · break · bring ···

הִ֖יאhiyʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

לְ/מָ֑עְלָ/הləmāʿəlāh

abovepronH4605

exceeding · forward · on high · over ···

וְ/ר֨וּחַ֙wərwḥa

airconjH7307

anger · blast · breath · cool ···

הַ/בְּהֵמָ֔הhabəhēmāh

beastparticleH929

cattle

הַ/יֹּרֶ֥דֶתhayōredet

bring downparticleH3381

abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···

הִ֖יאhiyʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

לְ/מַ֥טָּהləmaṭāh

beneathpronH4295

down · less · very low · under

לָ/אָֽרֶץlāʾāreṣ

earthpronH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

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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