“I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:”
Ecclesiastes 7:25 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 7:2513 words
HebrewMeaning
סַבּ֨וֹתִֽיsabwōtiy
I turnedverbH5437
cast · fetch · lead · make ···
אֲנִ֤יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
וְ/לִבִּ/י֙wəlibiy
heart myconjH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
לָ/דַ֣עַתlādaʿat
to knowpronH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
וְ/לָ/ת֔וּרwəlātwr
and to examineconjH8446
sent to descry · be excellent · merchant · search ···
וּ/בַקֵּ֥שׁwbaqēš
and to seekconjH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
חָכְמָ֖הḥākəmāh
wisdomnounH2451
wisdom · wisely · wit
וְ/חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןwəḥešəbwōn
and an explanationconjH2808
device · reason
וְ/לָ/דַ֨עַת֙wəlādaʿat
and to knowconjH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
רֶ֣שַׁעrešaʿ
wickednessnounH7562
wicked
כֶּ֔סֶלkesel
stupiditynounH3689
flank · folly · hope · loin
וְ/הַ/סִּכְל֖וּתwəhasikəlwt
and the follyconjH5531
foolishness
הוֹלֵלֽוֹתhwōlēlwōt
madnessnounH1947
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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