“A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.”
Ecclesiastes 6:2 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 6:228 words
HebrewMeaning
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
anyonenounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whomparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יִתֶּןyiten
he givesverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
ל֣/וֹlwō
pron
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֡יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
עֹשֶׁר֩ʿōšer
wealthnounH6239
far
וּ/נְכָסִ֨יםwnəkāsiym
and richesconjH5233
wealth
וְ/כָב֜וֹדwəkābwōd
and honorconjH3519
glory · honour
וְֽ/אֵינֶ֨/נּוּwəʾēynenw
and not heconjH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
חָסֵ֥רḥāsēr
is lackingadjH2638
fail · lack · have need · void ···
לְ/נַפְשׁ֣/וֹlənapəšwō
to appetite hispronH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
מִ/כֹּ֣לmikōl
any of allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יִתְאַוֶּ֗הyitəʾaweh
he desiresverbH183
desire · be desirous · long · lust
וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יַשְׁלִיטֶ֤/נּוּyašəliyṭenw
he gives power himverbH7980
have) rule · have dominion · give power
הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙hāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
לֶ/אֱכֹ֣לleʾĕkōl
to eatpronH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
מִמֶּ֔/נּוּmimenw
from itpronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
כִּ֛יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אִ֥ישׁʾiyš
a mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
נָכְרִ֖יnākəriy
foreignadjH5237
foreigner · outlandish · strange(-r · woman)
יֹֽאכֲלֶ֑/נּוּyōʾkălenw
he eats itverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
זֶ֥הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
הֶ֛בֶלhebel
is futilitynounH1892
altogether · vanity
וָ/חֳלִ֥יwāḥŏliy
and is an afflictionconjH2483
grief · sick
רָ֖עrāʿ
an eviladjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
הֽוּאhwʾ
itprepH1931
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.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!