“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
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אֵיןʾēyn
notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
נַעֲשָׂ֣הnaʿăśāh
it is doneverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
פִתְגָ֔םpitəgām
the sentence ofnounH6599
sentence
מַעֲשֵׂ֥הmaʿăśēh
the deed ofnounH4639
art · bakemeat · business · deed ···
הָ/רָעָ֖הhārāʿāh
the evilparticleH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
מְהֵרָ֑הməhērāh
quicklynounH4120
quickly · shortly · soon · make speed ···
עַלʿal
there-pronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כֵּ֡ןkēn
-foreparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
מָלֵ֞אmālēʾ
it is fullverbH4390
confirm · consecrate · be at an end · be expired ···
לֵ֧בlēb
the heart ofnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
בְּֽנֵיbənēy
the children ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הָ/אָדָ֛םhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
בָּ/הֶ֖םbāhem
pron
לַ/עֲשׂ֥וֹתlaʿăśwōt
to dopronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
רָֽעrāʿ
eviladjH7451
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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