“Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.”
Ecclesiastes 7:28 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 7:2815 words
HebrewMeaning
אֲשֶׁ֛רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
עוֹדʿwōd
againadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
בִּקְשָׁ֥הbiqəšāh
it has soughtverbH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
נַפְשִׁ֖/יnapəšiy
self mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
מָצָ֑אתִיmāṣāʾtiy
I have foundverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
אָדָ֞םʾādām
a mannounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
אֶחָ֤דʾeḥād
oneadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
מֵ/אֶ֨לֶף֙mēʾelep
of a thousandpronH505
מָצָ֔אתִיmāṣāʾtiy
I have foundverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
וְ/אִשָּׁ֥הwəʾišāh
and a womanconjH802
each · every · female · many ···
בְ/כָלbəkāl
among allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֵ֖לֶּהʾēleh
theseprepH428
so · some · such · them ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
מָצָֽאתִיmāṣāʾtiy
I have foundverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
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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