“For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?”
Ecclesiastes 6:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 6:1222 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מִֽיmiy
who?particleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
יוֹדֵעַ֩ywōdēʿa
is knowingverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
טּ֨וֹבṭwōb
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לָֽ/אָדָ֜םlāʾādām
for personpronH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
בַּֽ/חַיִּ֗יםbaḥayiym
in lifepronH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
מִסְפַּ֛רmisəpar
the number ofnounH4557
abundance · all · few · finite ···
יְמֵיyəmēy
the days ofnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
חַיֵּ֥יḥayēy
the life ofnounH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
הֶבְל֖/וֹhebəlwō
futility hisnounH1892
altogether · vanity
וְ/יַעֲשֵׂ֣/םwəyaʿăśēm
and he spends themconjH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
כַּ/צֵּ֑לkaṣēl
like shadowpronH6738
shade
אֲשֶׁר֙ʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
מִֽיmiy
who?particleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
יַגִּ֣ידyagiyd
will he tellverbH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
לָֽ/אָדָ֔םlāʾādām
to personpronH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
יִּהְיֶ֥הyihəyeh
will it beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
אַחֲרָ֖י/וʾaḥărāyw
after himpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
תַּ֥חַתtaḥat
underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁhašāmeš
the sunparticleH8121
east side · west · window. See also
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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