Ecclesiastes 8:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.”

Ecclesiastes 8:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 8:920 words

HebrewMeaning

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

זֶ֤הzeh

heprepH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

רָאִ֨יתִי֙rāʾiytiy

advise selfverbH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

וְ/נָת֣וֹןwənātwōn

addconjH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

לִבִּ֔/יlibiy

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

לְ/כָֽלləkāl

all (mannerpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

מַעֲשֶׂ֔הmaʿăśeh

actnounH4639

art · bakemeat · business · deed ···

אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

נַעֲשָׂ֖הnaʿăśāh

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

תַּ֣חַתtaḥat

aspronH8478

beneath · flat · in · place ···

הַ/שָּׁ֑מֶשׁhašāmeš

sunparticleH8121

east side · west · window. See also

עֵ֗תʿēt

waysnounH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

שָׁלַ֧טšālaṭ

(bearverbH7980

have) rule · have dominion · give power

הָ/אָדָ֛םhāʾādām

man (meanparticleH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

בְּ/אָדָ֖םbəʾādām

man (meanpronH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

לְ/רַ֥עləraʿ

adversitypronH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

לֽ/וֹlwō

pron

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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