“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.”
Ecclesiastes 7:29 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 7:2914 words
HebrewMeaning
לְ/בַד֙ləbad
onlypronH905
apart · bar · besides · branch ···
רְאֵהrəʾēh
considerverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
זֶ֣הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
מָצָ֔אתִיmāṣāʾtiy
I have foundverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
עָשָׂ֧הʿāśāh
he madeverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֛יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/אָדָ֖םhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
יָשָׁ֑רyāšār
uprightadjH3477
equity · Jasher · just · meet ···
וְ/הֵ֥מָּהwəhēmāh
and theyconjH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
בִקְשׁ֖וּbiqəšw
they have soughtverbH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
חִשְּׁבֹנ֥וֹתḥišəbōnwōt
schemesnounH2810
invention
רַבִּֽיםrabiym
manyadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
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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