Ecclesiastes 7:28 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

עוֹדʿwōd

againadvH5750

all life long · at all · besides · but ···

בִּקְשָׁ֥הbiqəšāh

askverbH1245

beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···

נַפְשִׁ֖/יnapəšiy

anynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

מָצָ֑אתִיmāṣāʾtiy

befallverbH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

אָדָ֞םʾādām

man (meannounH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

אֶחָ֤דʾeḥād

aadjH259

alike · alone · altogether · and ···

מֵ/אֶ֨לֶף֙mēʾelep

thousandpronH505

מָצָ֔אתִיmāṣāʾtiy

befallverbH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

וְ/אִשָּׁ֥הwəʾišāh

womanconjH802

each · every · female · many ···

בְ/כָלbəkāl

all (mannerpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אֵ֖לֶּהʾēleh

an- other; one sortprepH428

so · some · such · them ···

לֹ֥אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

מָצָֽאתִיmāṣāʾtiy

befallverbH4672

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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