“There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.”
Ecclesiastes 4:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 4:832 words
HebrewMeaning
יֵ֣שׁyēš
areparticleH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
אֶחָד֩ʾeḥād
aadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
וְ/אֵ֨יןwəʾēyn
elseconjH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
שֵׁנִ֜יšēniy
againadjH8145
either · other · second
גַּ֣םgam
againparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
בֵּ֧ןbēn
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
וָ/אָ֣חwāʾāḥ
brotherconjH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
אֵֽיןʾēyn
elseparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
ל֗/וֹlwō
pron
וְ/אֵ֥יןwəʾēyn
elseconjH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
קֵץ֙qēṣ
bordernounH7093
after · end · finite · process
לְ/כָלləkāl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עֲמָל֔/וֹʿămālwō
grievancenounH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
גַּםgam
againparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
עיני/וʿynyw
eyenounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
עֵינ֖/וֹʿēynwō
eyenounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
לֹאlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תִשְׂבַּ֣עtiśəbaʿ
have enoughverbH7646
fill (full · self · with) · be full ···
עֹ֑שֶׁרʿōšer
richesnounH6239
far
וּ/לְ/מִ֣יwləmiy
anyconjH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
אֲנִ֣יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
עָמֵ֗לʿāmēl
that labourethadjH6001
that is a misery · had taken · wicked · workman
וּ/מְחַסֵּ֤רwməḥasēr
be abatedconjH2637
bereave · decrease · fail · lack ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
נַפְשִׁ/י֙napəšiy
anynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
מִ/טּוֹבָ֔הmiṭwōbāh
beautifulpronH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
גַּםgam
againparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
זֶ֥הzeh
heprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
הֶ֛בֶלhebel
vainnounH1892
altogether · vanity
וְ/עִנְיַ֥ןwəʿinəyan
businessconjH6045
travail
רָ֖עrāʿ
adversityadjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
הֽוּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
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.