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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 7:29Hebrew 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 ···
Words 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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