“It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.”
Psalms 127:2 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Psalms 127:213 words
HebrewMeaning
שָׁ֤וְאšāwəʾ
vanitynounH7723
lie · lying · vain · vanity
לָ/כֶ֨םlākem
pron
מַשְׁכִּ֪ימֵיmašəkiymēy
who rise earlyverbH7925
be up · get up · rise up) early · morning
ק֡וּםqwm
to riseverbH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
מְאַֽחֲרֵיməʾaḥărēy
who delayverbH309
defer · delay · hinder · be late ···
שֶׁ֗בֶתšebet
to sitverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
אֹ֭כְלֵיʾōkəlēy
who eatverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
לֶ֣חֶםleḥem
the bread ofnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
הָ/עֲצָבִ֑יםhāʿăṣābiym
laborsparticleH6089
idol · labor · sorrow
כֵּ֤ןkēn
thusparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
יִתֵּ֖ןyitēn
he givesverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לִֽ/ידִיד֣/וֹliydiydwō
to beloved one hispronH3039
beloved · loves
שֵׁנָֽאšēnāʾ
sleepnounH8142
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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