“For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.”
Ecclesiastes 9:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 9:1223 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֡יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
גַּם֩gam
againparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יֵדַ֨עyēdaʿ
acknowledgeverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
הָ/אָדָ֜םhāʾādām
man (meanparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עִתּ֗/וֹʿitwō
waysnounH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
כַּ/דָּגִים֙kadāgiym
fishpronH1709
שֶׁ/נֶּֽאֱחָזִים֙šeneʾĕḥāziym
barparticleH270
be affrighted · (catch · lay · take) hold ···
בִּ/מְצוֹדָ֣הbiməṣwōdāh
bulwarkpronH4685
hold · munition · net · snare
רָעָ֔הrāʿāh
adversityadjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
וְ/כַ֨/צִּפֳּרִ֔יםwəkaṣipŏriym
birdconjH6833
fowl · sparrow
הָ/אֲחֻז֖וֹתhāʾăḥuzwōt
barparticleH270
be affrighted · (catch · lay · take) hold ···
בַּ/פָּ֑חbapāḥ
ginpronH6341
plate · snare
כָּ/הֵ֗םkāhēm
itpronH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
יֽוּקָשִׁים֙ywqāšiym
fowler snareverbH3369
בְּנֵ֣יbənēy
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הָֽ/אָדָ֔םhāʾādām
man (meanparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
לְ/עֵ֣תləʿēt
wayspronH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
רָעָ֔הrāʿāh
adversityadjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
כְּ/שֶׁ/תִּפּ֥וֹלkəšetipwōl
be acceptedpronH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
עֲלֵי/הֶ֖םʿălēyhem
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פִּתְאֹֽםpitəʾōm
straightwayadvH6597
sudden
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.