“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
who?particleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
יוֹדֵ֗עַywōdēʿa
is knowingverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
ר֚וּחַrwḥa
the spirit ofnounH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
בְּנֵ֣יbənēy
the children ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הָ/אָדָ֔םhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
הָ/עֹלָ֥הhāʿōlāh
that is going upparticleH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
הִ֖יאhiyʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
לְ/מָ֑עְלָ/הləmāʿəlāh
upwardspronH4605
exceeding · forward · on high · over ···
וְ/ר֨וּחַ֙wərwḥa
and the spirit ofconjH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
הַ/בְּהֵמָ֔הhabəhēmāh
the animalsparticleH929
cattle
הַ/יֹּרֶ֥דֶתhayōredet
that is going downparticleH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
הִ֖יאhiyʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
לְ/מַ֥טָּהləmaṭāh
downwardspronH4295
down · less · very low · under
לָ/אָֽרֶץlāʾāreṣ
to the 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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