Ecclesiastes 3:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?”

Ecclesiastes 3:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 3:2218 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/רָאִ֗יתִיwərāʾiytiy

advise selfconjH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

כִּ֣יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אֵ֥יןʾēyn

elseparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

טוֹב֙ṭwōb

beautifuladjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

מֵ/אֲשֶׁ֨רmēʾăšer

aspronH834

after · alike · because · every ···

יִשְׂמַ֤חyiśəmaḥ

cheer upverbH8055

be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···

הָ/אָדָם֙hāʾādām

man (meanparticleH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

בְּֽ/מַעֲשָׂ֔י/וbəmaʿăśāyw

actpronH4639

art · bakemeat · business · deed ···

כִּיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

ה֖וּאhwʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

חֶלְק֑/וֹḥeləqwō

flatterynounH2506

inheritance · part · partake · portion

כִּ֣יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

מִ֤יmiy

anyparticleH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

יְבִיאֶ֨/נּוּ֙yəbiyʾenw

abideverbH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

לִ/רְא֔וֹתlirəʾwōt

advise selfpronH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

בְּ/מֶ֖הbəmeh

how (longpronH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

שֶׁ/יִּהְיֶ֥הšeyihəyeh

beaconparticleH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

אַחֲרָֽי/וʾaḥărāyw

after (thatpronH310

-ward) · again · at · away from ···

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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