Ecclesiastes 7:29 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

alonepronH905

apart · bar · besides · branch ···

רְאֵהrəʾēh

advise selfverbH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

זֶ֣הzeh

heprepH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

מָצָ֔אתִיmāṣāʾtiy

befallverbH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

עָשָׂ֧הʿāśāh

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

הָ/אֱלֹהִ֛יםhāʾĕlōhiym

GodparticleH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הָ/אָדָ֖םhāʾādām

man (meanparticleH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

יָשָׁ֑רyāšār

convenientadjH3477

equity · Jasher · just · meet ···

וְ/הֵ֥מָּהwəhēmāh

itconjH1992

like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···

בִקְשׁ֖וּbiqəšw

askverbH1245

beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···

חִשְּׁבֹנ֥וֹתḥišəbōnwōt

enginenounH2810

invention

רַבִּֽיםrabiym

abound(-undanceadjH7227

-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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