Ecclesiastes 4:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.”

Ecclesiastes 4:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 4:1619 words

HebrewMeaning

אֵֽיןʾēyn

elseparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

קֵ֣ץqēṣ

bordernounH7093

after · end · finite · process

לְ/כָלləkāl

all (mannerpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הָ/עָ֗םhāʿām

peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

לְ/כֹ֤לləkōl

all (mannerpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אֲשֶׁרʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

הָיָה֙hāyāh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

לִ/פְנֵי/הֶ֔םlipənēyhem

a- forepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

גַּ֥םgam

againparticleH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

הָ/אַחֲרוֹנִ֖יםhāʾaḥărwōniym

afterparticleH314

to come · following · hind(-er · -ermost ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִשְׂמְחוּyiśəməḥw

cheer upverbH8055

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

ב֑/וֹbwō

pron

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

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

גַםgam

againadvH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

זֶ֥הzeh

heprepH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

הֶ֖בֶלhebel

vainnounH1892

altogether · vanity

וְ/רַעְי֥וֹןwəraʿəywōn

vexationconjH7475

רֽוּחַrwḥa

airnounH7307

anger · blast · breath · cool ···

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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