“Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.”
Ecclesiastes 7:10 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 7:1015 words
HebrewMeaning
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תֹּאמַר֙tōʾmar
you sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
מֶ֣הmeh
why?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
הָיָ֔הhāyāh
was itverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
שֶׁ֤/הַ/יָּמִים֙šehayāmiym
that the daysparticleH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הָ/רִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםhāriʾšōniym
formerparticleH7223
before · beginning · eldest · first ···
הָי֥וּhāyw
they wereverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
טוֹבִ֖יםṭwōbiym
goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
מֵ/אֵ֑לֶּהmēʾēleh
more than thesepronH428
so · some · such · them ···
כִּ֛יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
מֵ/חָכְמָ֖הmēḥākəmāh
from wisdompronH2451
wisdom · wisely · wit
שָׁאַ֥לְתָּšāʾalətā
you have askedverbH7592
on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
זֶֽהzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
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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