Ecclesiastes 8:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)”

Ecclesiastes 8:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 8:1621 words

HebrewMeaning

כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֨רkaʾăšer

aspronH834

after · alike · because · every ···

נָתַ֤תִּיnātatiy

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

לִבִּ/י֙libiy

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

לָ/דַ֣עַתlādaʿat

acknowledgepronH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

חָכְמָ֔הḥākəmāh

skilfulnounH2451

wisdom · wisely · wit

וְ/לִ/רְאוֹת֙wəlirəʾwōt

advise selfconjH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הָ֣/עִנְיָ֔ןhāʿinəyān

businessparticleH6045

travail

אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

נַעֲשָׂ֖הnaʿăśāh

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

הָ/אָ֑רֶץhāʾāreṣ

earthparticleH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

כִּ֣יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

גַ֤םgam

againadvH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

בַּ/יּוֹם֙baywōm

daypronH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

וּ/בַ/לַּ֔יְלָהwbalayəlāh

nightconjH3915

שֵׁנָ֕הšēnāh

sleepnounH8142

בְּ/עֵינָ֖י/וbəʿēynāyw

eyepronH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

אֵינֶ֥/נּוּʾēynenw

elseparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

רֹאֶֽהrōʾeh

advise selfverbH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

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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