“Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 8:15 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 8:1526 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/שִׁבַּ֤חְתִּֽיwəšibaḥətiy
and I commendconjH7623
glory · keep in · praise · still ···
אֲנִי֙ʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/שִּׂמְחָ֔הhaśiməḥāh
gladnessparticleH8057
exceeding · joy · mirth · pleasure ···
אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אֵֽיןʾēyn
notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
ט֤וֹבṭwōb
goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לָֽ/אָדָם֙lāʾādām
belongs to humankindpronH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
תַּ֣חַתtaḥat
underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הַ/שֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhašemeš
the sunparticleH8121
east side · west · window. See also
כִּ֛יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אִםʾim
exceptconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
לֶ/אֱכ֥וֹלleʾĕkwōl
to eatpronH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
וְ/לִ/שְׁתּ֖וֹתwəlišətwōt
and to drinkconjH8354
assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···
וְ/לִ/שְׂמ֑וֹחַwəliśəmwōḥa
and to be happyconjH8055
be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···
וְ/ה֞וּאwəhwʾ
and thatconjH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
יִלְוֶ֣/נּוּyiləwenw
it will accompany himverbH3867
borrow · cleave · join · lend
בַ/עֲמָל֗/וֹbaʿămālwō
in toil hispronH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
יְמֵ֥יyəmēy
the days ofnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
חַיָּ֛י/וḥayāyw
life hisnounH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
נָֽתַןnātan
he has givenverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
ל֥/וֹlwō
pron
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
תַּ֥חַתtaḥat
underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁhašāmeš
the sunparticleH8121
east side · west · window. See also
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.