“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
whenpronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
נָתַ֤תִּיnātatiy
I gaveverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
לִבִּ/י֙libiy
heart mynounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
לָ/דַ֣עַתlādaʿat
to knowpronH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
חָכְמָ֔הḥākəmāh
wisdomnounH2451
wisdom · wisely · wit
וְ/לִ/רְאוֹת֙wəlirəʾwōt
and to seeconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ֣/עִנְיָ֔ןhāʿinəyān
the taskparticleH6045
travail
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
נַעֲשָׂ֖הnaʿăśāh
it is doneverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/אָ֑רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
גַ֤םgam
alsoadvH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
בַּ/יּוֹם֙baywōm
in daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
וּ/בַ/לַּ֔יְלָהwbalayəlāh
and in nightconjH3915
שֵׁנָ֕הšēnāh
sleepnounH8142
בְּ/עֵינָ֖י/וbəʿēynāyw
in view hispronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
אֵינֶ֥/נּוּʾēynenw
not heparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
רֹאֶֽהrōʾeh
is seeingverbH7200
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.