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Ecclesiastes 9:3 — King James Version← Study notes

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.


Ecclesiastes 9:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 9:323 words
HebrewMeaning
זֶ֣הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
רָ֗עrāʿ
is an eviladjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
בְּ/כֹ֤לbəkōl
in allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֲשֶֽׁרʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
נַעֲשָׂה֙naʿăśāh
it is doneverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
תַּ֣חַתtaḥat
underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הַ/שֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhašemeš
the sunparticleH8121
east side · west · window. See also
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מִקְרֶ֥הmiqəreh
fatenounH4745
befalleth · chance · event · hap
אֶחָ֖דʾeḥād
oneadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
לַ/כֹּ֑לlakōl
belongs to everyonepronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
וְ/גַ֣םwəgam
and alsoconjH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
לֵ֣בlēb
the heart ofnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
בְּֽנֵיbənēy
the children ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הָ֠/אָדָםhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
מָלֵאmālēʾ
accomplishverbH4390
confirm · consecrate · be at an end · be expired ···
רָ֨עrāʿ
eviladjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
וְ/הוֹלֵל֤וֹתwəhwōlēlwōt
and madnessconjH1947
בִּ/לְבָבָ/ם֙biləbābām
is in heart theirpronH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
בְּ/חַיֵּי/הֶ֔םbəḥayēyhem
in lives theirpronH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
וְ/אַחֲרָ֖י/וwəʾaḥărāyw
and after itconjH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/מֵּתִֽיםhamētiym
the deadparticleH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
Words 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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