Ecclesiastes 8:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.”

Ecclesiastes 8:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 8:1116 words

HebrewMeaning

אֲשֶׁר֙ʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

אֵיןʾēyn

elseparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

נַעֲשָׂ֣הnaʿăśāh

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

פִתְגָ֔םpitəgām

decreenounH6599

sentence

מַעֲשֵׂ֥הmaʿăśēh

actnounH4639

art · bakemeat · business · deed ···

הָ/רָעָ֖הhārāʿāh

adversityparticleH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

מְהֵרָ֑הməhērāh

hastilynounH4120

quickly · shortly · soon · make speed ···

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

כֵּ֡ןkēn

-wardparticleH3651

after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···

מָלֵ֞אmālēʾ

accomplishverbH4390

confirm · consecrate · be at an end · be expired ···

לֵ֧בlēb

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

בְּֽנֵיbənēy

sonnounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

הָ/אָדָ֛םhāʾādām

man (meanparticleH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

בָּ/הֶ֖םbāhem

pron

לַ/עֲשׂ֥וֹתlaʿăśwōt

accomplishpronH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

רָֽעrāʿ

adversityadjH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

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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