“It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.”
Ecclesiastes 7:2 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 7:218 words
HebrewMeaning
ט֞וֹבṭwōb
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לָ/לֶ֣כֶתlāleket
awaypronH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
בֵּֽיתbēyt
a house ofnounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
אֵ֗בֶלʾēbel
mourningnounH60
מִ/לֶּ֨כֶת֙mileket
awaypronH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
בֵּ֣יתbēyt
a house ofnounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
מִשְׁתֶּ֔הmišəteh
a feastnounH4960
drank · drink · feast · -ing)
בַּ/אֲשֶׁ֕רbaʾăšer
in thatpronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
ה֖וּאhwʾ
thisprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
ס֣וֹףswōp
is the end ofnounH5490
end · hinder participle
כָּלkāl
everynounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/אָדָ֑םhāʾādām
personparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
וְ/הַ/חַ֖יwəhaḥay
and the living personconjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
יִתֵּ֥ןyitēn
he will giveverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
לִבּֽ/וֹlibwō
heart hisnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
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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