“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
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
גַּם֩gam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יֵדַ֨עyēdaʿ
he knowsverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
הָ/אָדָ֜םhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עִתּ֗/וֹʿitwō
time hisnounH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
כַּ/דָּגִים֙kadāgiym
like fishpronH1709
שֶׁ/נֶּֽאֱחָזִים֙šeneʾĕḥāziym
that are caughtparticleH270
be affrighted · (catch · lay · take) hold ···
בִּ/מְצוֹדָ֣הbiməṣwōdāh
in a netpronH4685
hold · munition · net · snare
רָעָ֔הrāʿāh
eviladjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
וְ/כַ֨/צִּפֳּרִ֔יםwəkaṣipŏriym
and like birdsconjH6833
fowl · sparrow
הָ/אֲחֻז֖וֹתhāʾăḥuzwōt
that are caughtparticleH270
be affrighted · (catch · lay · take) hold ···
בַּ/פָּ֑חbapāḥ
in snarepronH6341
plate · snare
כָּ/הֵ֗םkāhēm
itpronH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
יֽוּקָשִׁים֙ywqāšiym
are ensnaredverbH3369
בְּנֵ֣יbənēy
the children ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הָֽ/אָדָ֔םhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
לְ/עֵ֣תləʿēt
to a timepronH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
רָעָ֔הrāʿāh
eviladjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
כְּ/שֶׁ/תִּפּ֥וֹלkəšetipwōl
when that fallspronH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
עֲלֵי/הֶ֖םʿălēyhem
on thempronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פִּתְאֹֽםpitəʾōm
suddenlyadvH6597
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.
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