Ecclesiastes 7:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

beautifuladjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

לָ/לֶ֣כֶתlāleket

awaypronH3212

again · bear · bring · carry ···

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

בֵּֽיתbēyt

housenounH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

אֵ֗בֶלʾēbel

mourningnounH60

מִ/לֶּ֨כֶת֙mileket

awaypronH3212

again · bear · bring · carry ···

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

בֵּ֣יתbēyt

housenounH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

מִשְׁתֶּ֔הmišəteh

banquetnounH4960

drank · drink · feast · -ing)

בַּ/אֲשֶׁ֕רbaʾăšer

aspronH834

after · alike · because · every ···

ה֖וּאhwʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

ס֣וֹףswōp

conclusionnounH5490

end · hinder participle

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הָ/אָדָ֑םhāʾādām

man (meanparticleH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

וְ/הַ/חַ֖יwəhaḥay

aliveconjH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

יִתֵּ֥ןyitēn

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

לִבּֽ/וֹlibwō

heartnounH3820

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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