“Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.”
Ecclesiastes 6:9 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 6:910 words
HebrewMeaning
ט֛וֹבṭwōb
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
מַרְאֵ֥הmarəʾēh
the sight ofnounH4758
apparently · as soon as beautiful · countenance · fair ···
עֵינַ֖יִםʿēynayim
eyesnounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
מֵֽ/הֲלָךְmēhălākə
more than goingpronH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
נָ֑פֶשׁnāpeš
desirenounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
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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