“Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.”
Ecclesiastes 4:4 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 4:419 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/רָאִ֨יתִֽיwərāʾiytiy
and I consideredconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֲנִ֜יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עָמָ֗לʿāmāl
the toilnounH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
וְ/אֵת֙wəʾēt
andconjH853
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
כִּשְׁר֣וֹןkišərwōn
the skill ofnounH3788
good · right
הַֽ/מַּעֲשֶׂ֔הhamaʿăśeh
the workparticleH4639
art · bakemeat · business · deed ···
כִּ֛יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הִ֥יאhiyʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
קִנְאַתqinəʾat
is envy ofnounH7068
jealousy · sake · zeal
אִ֖ישׁʾiyš
everyonenounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
מֵ/רֵעֵ֑/הוּmērēʿēhw
from neighbor hispronH7453
companion · fellow · friend · husband ···
גַּםgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
זֶ֥הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
הֶ֖בֶלhebel
is futilitynounH1892
altogether · vanity
וּ/רְע֥וּתwrəʿwt
and striving ofconjH7469
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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