Ecclesiastes 6:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

andconjH3588

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

מִֽיmiy

anyparticleH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

יוֹדֵעַ֩ywōdēʿa

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

מַהmah

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

טּ֨וֹבṭwōb

beautifuladjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

לָֽ/אָדָ֜םlāʾādām

man (meanpronH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

בַּֽ/חַיִּ֗יםbaḥayiym

alivepronH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

מִסְפַּ֛רmisəpar

accountnounH4557

abundance · all · few · finite ···

יְמֵיyəmēy

daynounH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

חַיֵּ֥יḥayēy

alivenounH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

הֶבְל֖/וֹhebəlwō

vainnounH1892

altogether · vanity

וְ/יַעֲשֵׂ֣/םwəyaʿăśēm

accomplishconjH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

כַּ/צֵּ֑לkaṣēl

defencepronH6738

shade

אֲשֶׁר֙ʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

מִֽיmiy

anyparticleH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

יַגִּ֣ידyagiyd

bewrayverbH5046

certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···

לָֽ/אָדָ֔םlāʾādām

man (meanpronH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

מַהmah

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

יִּהְיֶ֥הyihəyeh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

אַחֲרָ֖י/וʾaḥărāyw

after (thatpronH310

-ward) · again · at · away from ···

תַּ֥חַתtaḥat

aspronH8478

beneath · flat · in · place ···

הַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁhašāmeš

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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