“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
there notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
קֵ֣ץqēṣ
is an endnounH7093
after · end · finite · process
לְ/כָלləkāl
to allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/עָ֗םhāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
לְ/כֹ֤לləkōl
to allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
those whomparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הָיָה֙hāyāh
he wasverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לִ/פְנֵי/הֶ֔םlipənēyhem
before thempronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
גַּ֥םgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
הָ/אַחֲרוֹנִ֖יםhāʾaḥărwōniym
the subsequent peopleparticleH314
to come · following · hind(-er · -ermost ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִשְׂמְחוּyiśəməḥw
they will rejoiceverbH8055
be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···
ב֑/וֹbwō
pron
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
גַםgam
alsoadvH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
זֶ֥הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
הֶ֖בֶלhebel
is futilitynounH1892
altogether · vanity
וְ/רַעְי֥וֹןwəraʿəywōn
and a striving ofconjH7475
רֽוּחַrwḥa
windnounH7307
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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