“Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.”
Ecclesiastes 8:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 8:1731 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/רָאִיתִי֮wərāʾiytiy
advise selfconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
מַעֲשֵׂ֣הmaʿăśēh
actnounH4639
art · bakemeat · business · deed ···
הָ/אֱלֹהִים֒hāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
כִּי֩kiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לֹ֨אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יוּכַ֜לywkal
be ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
הָ/אָדָ֗םhāʾādām
man (meanparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
לִ/מְצוֹא֙liməṣwōʾ
befallpronH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַֽ/מַּעֲשֶׂה֙hamaʿăśeh
actparticleH4639
art · bakemeat · business · deed ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
נַעֲשָׂ֣הnaʿăśāh
accomplishverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
תַֽחַתtaḥat
aspronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הַ/שֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhašemeš
sunparticleH8121
east side · west · window. See also
בְּ֠/שֶׁ/לbəšel
causepronH7945
sake
אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יַעֲמֹ֧לyaʿămōl
labourverbH5998
הָ/אָדָ֛םhāʾādām
man (meanparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
לְ/בַקֵּ֖שׁləbaqēš
askpronH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִמְצָ֑אyiməṣāʾ
befallverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
וְ/גַ֨םwəgam
againconjH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
יֹאמַ֤רyōʾmar
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הֶֽ/חָכָם֙heḥākām
cunningparticleH2450
subtil · wise · man)
לָ/דַ֔עַתlādaʿat
acknowledgepronH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יוּכַ֖לywkal
be ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
לִ/מְצֹֽאliməṣōʾ
befallpronH4672
be able · being · catch · 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.