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’ă·nî
I
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 589 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) |
’ā·mar·tî
said
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 559 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter
1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
bə·lib·bî
to myself ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
lə·ḵāh-
“ Come
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1980 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go, walk, come
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away
1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.)
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to walk
1b2) to walk (fig.)
1c) (Hithpael)
1c1) to traverse
1c2) to walk about
1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk |
nā
now ,
| Grammar | Interjection |
| Strongs | 4994 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (we) pray, now, please
1a) used in entreaty or exhortation |
’ă·nas·sə·ḵāh
I will test
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5254 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to test, try, prove, tempt, assay, put to the proof or test
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to test, try
1a2) to attempt, assay, try
1a3) to test, try, prove, tempt |
ḇə·śim·ḥāh
you with pleasure ;
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 8057 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) joy, mirth, gladness
1a) mirth, gladness, joy, gaiety, pleasure
1b) joy (of God)
1c) glad result, happy issue |
ū·rə·’êh
enjoy
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7200 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to see
1a2) to see, perceive
1a3) to see, have vision
1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out
1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish
1a6) to look at, gaze at
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to appear, present oneself
1b2) to be seen
1b3) to be visible
1c) (Pual) to be seen
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to see, show
1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be caused to see, be shown
1e2) to be exhibited to
1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
ḇə·ṭō·wḇ
what is good ! ”
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
hū
But it
| Grammar | Pronoun - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1931 |
| BSB/Thayers | pron 3p s
1) he, she, it
1a) himself (with emphasis)
1b) resuming subj with emphasis
1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate)
1d) (anticipating subj)
1e) (emphasising predicate)
1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron
2) that (with article) |
wə·hin·nêh
proved
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Interjection |
| Strongs | 2009 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) behold, lo, see, if |
ḡam-
. . .
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
hā·ḇel
to be futile .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1892 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) vapour, breath
1a) breath, vapour
1b) vanity (fig.)
adv
2) vainly |
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I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?” |
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’ā·mar·tî
I said
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 559 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter
1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
liś·ḥō·wq
of laughter ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7814 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) laughter, laughing stock, mocking, derision
1a) laughter
1a1) joyful
1a2) hollow
1b) derision (of object)
1c) sport |
mə·hō·w·lāl
“ It is folly , ”
| Grammar | Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1984 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to shine
1a) (Qal) to shine (fig. of God's favour)
1b) (Hiphil) to flash forth light
2) to praise, boast, be boastful
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to be boastful
2a2) boastful ones, boasters (participle)
2b) (Piel)
2b1) to praise
2b2) to boast, make a boast
2c) (Pual)
2c1) to be praised, be made praiseworthy, be commended, be worthy of praise
2d) (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one's boast
2e) (Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool
2f) (Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman |
ū·lə·śim·ḥāh
and of pleasure ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 8057 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) joy, mirth, gladness
1a) mirth, gladness, joy, gaiety, pleasure
1b) joy (of God)
1c) glad result, happy issue |
mah-
“ What
| Grammar | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 4100 |
| BSB/Thayers | interr pron
1) what, how, of what kind
1a) (interrogative)
1a1) what?
1a2) of what kind
1a3) what? (rhetorical)
1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what
1b) (adverb)
1b1) how, how now
1b2) why
1b3) how! (exclamation)
1c) (with prep)
1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
1c2) because of what?
1c3) the like of what?
1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often?
1c3b) for how long?
1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?
indef pron
2) anything, aught, what may |
zōh
does it
| Grammar | Pronoun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2090 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this |
‘ō·śāh
accomplish ? ”
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
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tar·tî
I sought
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 8446 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to seek, search out, spy out, explore
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to seek out, select, find out how to do something
1a2) to spy out, explore
1a2a) explorers, spies (participle)
1a3) to go about
1a3a) merchant, trader (participle)
1b) (Hiphil) to make a search, make a reconnaissance |
ḇə·lib·bî
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
bə·śā·rî
to cheer my body
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 1320 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) flesh
1a) of the body
1a1) of humans
1a2) of animals
1b) the body itself
1c) male organ of generation (euphemism)
1d) kindred, blood-relations
1e) flesh as frail or erring (man against God)
1f) all living things
1g) animals
1h) mankind |
lim·šō·wḵ
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 4900 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to draw, drag, seize
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to draw (and lift out), drag along, lead along, drag or lead off, draw down
1a2) to draw (the bow)
1a3) to proceed, march
1a4) to draw out or give (a sound)
1a5) to draw out, prolong, continue
1a6) to trail (seed in sowing)
1a7) to cheer, draw, attract, gratify
1b) (Niphal) to be drawn out
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be drawn out, be postponed, be deferred
1c2) to be tall |
bay·ya·yin
with wine
| Grammar | Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3196 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wine |
’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
wə·le·’ĕ·ḥōz
and to embrace
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 270 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) grasp, take hold, seize, take possession
1a) (Qal) to grasp, take hold of
1b) (Niphal) to be caught, grasped, be settled
1c) (Piel) to enclose, overlay
1d) (Hophal) fastened |
bə·siḵ·lūṯ
folly —
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5531 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) folly, foolishness |
wə·lib·bî
my mind
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
nō·hêḡ
still guiding me
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5090 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to drive, lead, guide, conduct
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to drive, lead on, drive away, drive off
1a2) to behave itself (fig.) (of heart)
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to drive away, lead off
1b2) to lead on, guide, guide on
1b3) to cause to drive
2) (Piel) to moan, lament |
ba·ḥā·ḵə·māh
with wisdom —
| Grammar | Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2451 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wisdom
1a) skill (in war)
1b) wisdom (in administration)
1c) shrewdness, wisdom
1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)
1e) wisdom (ethical and religious) |
‘aḏ
until
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5704 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as
1a) of space
1a1) as far as, up to, even to
1b) in combination
1b1) from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' -from)
1c) of time
1c1) even to, until, unto, till, during, end
1d) of degree
1d1) even to, to the degree of, even like
conj
2) until, while, to the point that, so that even |
’ă·šer-
-
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
’er·’eh
I could see
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 7200 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to see
1a2) to see, perceive
1a3) to see, have vision
1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out
1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish
1a6) to look at, gaze at
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to appear, present oneself
1b2) to be seen
1b3) to be visible
1c) (Pual) to be seen
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to see, show
1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be caused to see, be shown
1e2) to be exhibited to
1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
’ê-
what
| Grammar | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 335 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) where?, whence?
2) which?, how? (in prefix with other adverb) |
zeh
[was]
| Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2088 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such
1a) (alone)
1a1) this one
1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another
1b) (appos to subst)
1b1) this
1c) (as predicate)
1c1) this, such
1d) (enclitically)
1d1) then
1d2) who, whom
1d3) how now, what now
1d4) what now
1d5) wherefore now
1d6) behold here
1d7) just now
1d8) now, now already
1e) (poetry)
1e1) wherein, which, those who
1f) (with prefixes)
1f1) in this (place) here, then
1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter
1f3) thus and thus
1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus
1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side
1f6) on this account
1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
ṭō·wḇ
worthwhile
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
liḇ·nê
for men
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 1121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
1a) son, male child
1b) grandson
1c) children (pl. - male and female)
1d) youth, young men (pl.)
1e) young (of animals)
1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
1g) people (of a nation) (pl.)
1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
1i) a member of a guild, order, class |
hā·’ā·ḏām
. . .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 120 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man, mankind
1a) man, human being
1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)
1c) Adam, first man
1d) city in Jordan valley |
’ă·šer
-
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
ya·‘ă·śū
to do
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
ta·ḥaṯ
under
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 8478 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m
1a) the under part adv accus
1b) beneath prep
1c) under, beneath
1c1) at the foot of (idiom)
1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
1c3) of subjection or conquest
1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands
1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
conj
1e) instead of, instead of that
1f) in return for that, because that in compounds
1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath |
haš·šā·ma·yim
heaven
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 8064 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) heaven, heavens, sky
1a) visible heavens, sky
1a1) as abode of the stars
1a2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc
1b) Heaven (as the abode of God) |
mis·par
during the few
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4557 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) number, tale
1a) number
1a1) number
1a2) innumerable (with negative)
1a3) few, numerable (alone)
1a4) by count, in number, according to number (with prep)
1b) recounting, relation |
yə·mê
days
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
ḥay·yê·hem
of their lives .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 2416 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) living, alive
1a) green (of vegetation)
1b) flowing, fresh (of water)
1c) lively, active (of man)
1d) reviving (of the springtime)
n m
2) relatives
3) life (abstract emphatic)
3a) life
3b) sustenance, maintenance
n f
4) living thing, animal
4a) animal
4b) life
4c) appetite
4d) revival, renewal
5) community |
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hiḡ·dal·tî
I expanded
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 1431 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to grow, become great or important, promote, make powerful, praise, magnify, do great things
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to grow up
1a2) to become great
1a3) to be magnified
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to cause to grow
1b2) to make great, powerful
1b3) to magnify
1c) (Pual) to be brought up
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to make great
1d2) to magnify
1d3) to do great things
1e) (Hithpael) to magnify oneself |
ma·‘ă·śāy
my pursuits .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 4639 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) deed, work
1a) deed, thing done, act
1b) work, labour
1c) business, pursuit
1d) undertaking, enterprise
1e) achievement
1f) deeds, works (of deliverance and judgment)
1g) work, thing made
1h) work (of God)
1i) product |
bā·nî·ṯî
I built
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 1129 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to build, rebuild
1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be built
1b2) to be rebuilt
1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.)
1b4) established (made permanent)
1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine) |
lî
-
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
bāt·tîm
houses
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1004 |
| BSB/Thayers | nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within |
nā·ṭa‘·tî
and planted
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 5193 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to plant, fasten, fix, establish
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to plant
1a2) to plant, establish (fig.)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be planted
1b2) to be established (fig.) |
kə·rā·mîm
vineyards
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3754 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) vineyard |
lî
for myself .
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
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I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees. |
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‘ā·śî·ṯî
I made
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
gan·nō·wṯ
gardens
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 1593 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) garden, orchard |
ū·p̄ar·dê·sîm
and parks
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 6508 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) park, preserve, enclosed garden, forest |
lî
for myself ,
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
ḇā·hem
where
| Grammar | Preposition | third person masculine plural |
wə·nā·ṭa‘·tî
I planted
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 5193 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to plant, fasten, fix, establish
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to plant
1a2) to plant, establish (fig.)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be planted
1b2) to be established (fig.) |
kāl-
all kinds
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
pe·rî
of fruit
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6529 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fruit
1a) fruit, produce (of the ground)
1b) fruit, offspring, children, progeny (of the womb)
1c) fruit (of actions) (fig.) |
‘êṣ
trees .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 6086 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows
1a) tree, trees
1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax |
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I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees. |
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‘ā·śî·ṯî
I built
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
lî
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
bə·rê·ḵō·wṯ
reservoirs
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural construct |
| Strongs | 1295 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) pool, pond |
mā·yim
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4325 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) water, waters
1a) water
1b) water of the feet, urine
1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.) |
lə·haš·qō·wṯ
to water
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 8248 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to water, irrigate
1a2) to water, give drink to
1b) (Pual) to be watered
1c) (Niphal) variant |
mê·hem
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural |
ya·‘ar
my groves
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3293 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) forest, wood, thicket, wooded height |
ṣō·w·mê·aḥ
of flourishing
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 6779 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to sprout, spring up, grow up
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to sprout, spring up
1a1a) of plants
1a1b) of hair
1a1c) of speech (fig.)
1b) (Piel) to grow abundantly or thickly
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to grow
1c2) to cause to sprout |
‘ê·ṣîm
trees .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 6086 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows
1a) tree, trees
1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax |
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I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me, |
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qā·nî·ṯî
I acquired
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 7069 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to get, acquire, create, buy, possess
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to get, acquire, obtain
1a1a) of God originating, creating, redeeming His people
1a1a1) possessor
1a1b) of Eve acquiring
1a1c) of acquiring knowledge, wisdom
1a2) to buy
1b) (Niphal) to be bought
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to possess |
‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm
menservants
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 5650 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) slave, servant
1a) slave, servant, man-servant
1b) subjects
1c) servants, worshippers (of God)
1d) servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc)
1e) servant (of Israel)
1f) servant (as form of address between equals) |
ū·šə·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ
and maidservants ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 8198 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) maid, maid-servant, slavegirl
1a) maid, maid-servant (as belonging to a mistress)
1b) of address, speaker, humility (fig) |
ū·ḇə·nê-
and servants were born
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 1121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
1a) son, male child
1b) grandson
1c) children (pl. - male and female)
1d) youth, young men (pl.)
1e) young (of animals)
1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
1g) people (of a nation) (pl.)
1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
1i) a member of a guild, order, class |
ḇa·yiṯ
in my house .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1004 |
| BSB/Thayers | nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within |
gam
I also
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
hā·yāh
owned
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
lî
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
har·bêh
more
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute |
| Strongs | 7235 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to become many, become numerous, multiply (of people, animals, things)
1a2) to be or grow great
1b) (Piel) to make large, enlarge, increase, become many
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make much, make many, have many
1c1a) to multiply, increase
1c1b) to make much to do, do much in respect of, transgress greatly
1c1c) to increase greatly or exceedingly
1c2) to make great, enlarge, do much
2) (Qal) to shoot |
ḇā·qār
herds
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1241 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) cattle, herd, oxen, ox
1a) cattle (generic pl. but sing. in form-coll)
1b) herd (particular one)
1c) head of cattle (individually) |
miq·neh
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4735 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) cattle, livestock
1a) cattle, livestock
1a1) in general of a purchasable domestic animal
1b) cows, sheep, goats (in herds and flocks) |
wā·ṣōn
and flocks
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 6629 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
1a) small cattle (usually of sheep and goats)
1b) of multitude (simile)
1c) of multitude (metaphor) |
mik·kōl
than anyone
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
še·hā·yū
. . .
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
hā·yāh
. . .
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
lî
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
bî·rū·šā·lim
in Jerusalem
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3389 |
| BSB/Thayers | Jerusalem = |teaching of peace|
1) the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split |
lə·p̄ā·nay
before me ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 6440 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) face
1a) face, faces
1b) presence, person
1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim)
1d) face (of animals)
1e) face, surface (of ground)
1f) as adv of loc/temp
1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before
1g) with prep
1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of |
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and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines. |
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gam-
and I
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
kā·nas·tî
accumulated
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 3664 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to gather, collect, wrap
1a) (Qal) to gather
1b) (Piel) to gather
1c) (Hithpael) to gather together, wrap oneself up |
lî
for myself
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
ke·sep̄
silver
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3701 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) silver, money
1a) silver
1a1) as metal
1a2) as ornament
1a3) as colour
1b) money, shekels, talents |
wə·zā·hāḇ
and gold
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2091 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) gold
1a) as precious metal
1b) as a measure of weight
1c) of brilliance, splendour (fig.) |
ū·sə·ḡul·laṯ
and the treasure
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5459 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) possession, property
1a) valued property, peculiar treasure
1b) treasure |
mə·lā·ḵîm
of kings
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
wə·ham·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ
and provinces .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 4082 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) province, district
1a) district
1b) province |
‘ā·śî·ṯî
I gathered
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
lî
to myself
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
šā·rîm
male and
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 7891 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to sing
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to sing
1a2) singer, songstresses (participle)
1b) (Polel)
1b1) to sing
1b2) singer, songstress (participle)
1c) (Hophal) to be sung
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In Job 36:24, the word is translated |Behold|; in modern versions, it is translated |Sing|. The old translations considered the Hebrew word to be from a different root than H07788 hence the difference in the translations. |
wə·šā·rō·wṯ
female singers ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 7891 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to sing
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to sing
1a2) singer, songstresses (participle)
1b) (Polel)
1b1) to sing
1b2) singer, songstress (participle)
1c) (Hophal) to be sung
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In Job 36:24, the word is translated |Behold|; in modern versions, it is translated |Sing|. The old translations considered the Hebrew word to be from a different root than H07788 hence the difference in the translations. |
wə·ṯa·‘ă·nū·ḡōṯ
and the delights
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 8588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) daintiness, luxury, exquisite delight, pleasantness, delight, comfort
1a) luxury
1b) dainty
1c) delight |
bə·nê
of the sons
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 1121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
1a) son, male child
1b) grandson
1c) children (pl. - male and female)
1d) youth, young men (pl.)
1e) young (of animals)
1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
1g) people (of a nation) (pl.)
1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
1i) a member of a guild, order, class |
hā·’ā·ḏām
of men —
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 120 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man, mankind
1a) man, human being
1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)
1c) Adam, first man
1d) city in Jordan valley |
šid·dāh
many
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7705 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) concubine, wife, harem
1a) meaning unknown |
wə·šid·dō·wṯ
concubines .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 7705 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) concubine, wife, harem
1a) meaning unknown |
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So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me. |
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wə·ḡā·ḏal·tî
So I became great
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 1431 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to grow, become great or important, promote, make powerful, praise, magnify, do great things
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to grow up
1a2) to become great
1a3) to be magnified
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to cause to grow
1b2) to make great, powerful
1b3) to magnify
1c) (Pual) to be brought up
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to make great
1d2) to magnify
1d3) to do great things
1e) (Hithpael) to magnify oneself |
wə·hō·w·sap̄·tî
and surpassed
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 3254 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to add, increase, do again
1a) (Qal) to add, increase, do again
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to join, join oneself to
1b2) to be joined, be added to
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to add, increase
1c2) to do more, do again |
mik·kōl
all
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
bî·rū·šā·lim
in Jerusalem
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3389 |
| BSB/Thayers | Jerusalem = |teaching of peace|
1) the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split |
še·hā·yāh
who had preceded me
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
lə·p̄ā·nay
. . . ;
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 6440 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) face
1a) face, faces
1b) presence, person
1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim)
1d) face (of animals)
1e) face, surface (of ground)
1f) as adv of loc/temp
1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before
1g) with prep
1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of |
’ap̄
and
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 637 |
| BSB/Thayers | conj (denoting addition, esp of something greater)
1) also, yea, though, so much the more
adv
2) furthermore, indeed |
ḥā·ḵə·mā·ṯî
my wisdom
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 2451 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wisdom
1a) skill (in war)
1b) wisdom (in administration)
1c) shrewdness, wisdom
1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)
1e) wisdom (ethical and religious) |
‘ā·mə·ḏāh
remained
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5975 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to stand, remain, endure, take one's stand
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to stand, take one's stand, be in a standing attitude, stand forth, take a stand, present oneself, attend upon, be or become servant of
1a2) to stand still, stop (moving or doing), cease
1a3) to tarry, delay, remain, continue, abide, endure, persist, be steadfast
1a4) to make a stand, hold one's ground
1a5) to stand upright, remain standing, stand up, rise, be erect, be upright
1a6) to arise, appear, come on the scene, stand forth, appear, rise up or against
1a7) to stand with, take one's stand, be appointed, grow flat, grow insipid
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to station, set
1b2) to cause to stand firm, maintain
1b3) to cause to stand up, cause to set up, erect
1b4) to present (one) before (king)
1b5) to appoint, ordain, establish
1c) (Hophal) to be presented, be caused to stand, be stood before |
lî
with me .
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
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wə·ḵōl
Anything
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
’ă·šer
-
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
‘ê·nay
my eyes
| Grammar | Noun - cdc | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 5869 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) eye
1a) eye
1a1) of physical eye
1a2) as showing mental qualities
1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
2) spring, fountain |
šā·’ă·lū
desired ,
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural |
| Strongs | 7592 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to ask, enquire, borrow, beg
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to ask, ask for
1a2) to ask (as a favour), borrow
1a3) to enquire, enquire of
1a4) to enquire of, consult (of deity, oracle)
1a5) to seek
1b) (Niphal) to ask for oneself, ask leave of absence
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to enquire, enquire carefully
1c2) to beg, practise beggary
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to be given on request
1d2) to grant, make over to, let (one) ask (successfully) or give or lend on request (then) grant or make over to |
lō
I did not
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
’ā·ṣal·tî
deny myself .
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 680 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to lay aside, reserve, withdraw, withhold
1a) (Qal) to reserve, set apart, withhold
1b) (Niphal) to be withdrawn
1c) (Hiphil) to withdraw |
mê·hem
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural |
mā·na‘·tî
I refused
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 4513 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to withhold, hold back, keep back, refrain, deny, keep restrain, hinder
1a) (Qal) to withhold
1b) (Niphal) to be withheld |
’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
lib·bî
my heart
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
lō-
no
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
mik·kāl
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
śim·ḥāh
pleasure .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 8057 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) joy, mirth, gladness
1a) mirth, gladness, joy, gaiety, pleasure
1b) joy (of God)
1c) glad result, happy issue |
kî-
For
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
lib·bî
my heart
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
śā·mê·aḥ
took delight
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8056 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) joyful, merry, glad
1a) joyful, showing joy
1b) you who rejoice (subst) |
mik·kāl
in all
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
‘ă·mā·lî
my work ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 5999 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) toil, trouble, labour
1a) trouble
1b) trouble, mischief
1c) toil, labour |
wə·zeh-
and this
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2088 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such
1a) (alone)
1a1) this one
1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another
1b) (appos to subst)
1b1) this
1c) (as predicate)
1c1) this, such
1d) (enclitically)
1d1) then
1d2) who, whom
1d3) how now, what now
1d4) what now
1d5) wherefore now
1d6) behold here
1d7) just now
1d8) now, now already
1e) (poetry)
1e1) wherein, which, those who
1f) (with prefixes)
1f1) in this (place) here, then
1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter
1f3) thus and thus
1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus
1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side
1f6) on this account
1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
hā·yāh
was
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
ḥel·qî
the reward
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 2506 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) portion, share, part, territory
1a) portion, share
1b) portion, tract, parcel (of land)
1c) one's portion, one's possession
1d) (chosen) portion
1e) portion, award (from God)
2) smoothness, seductiveness, flattery |
mik·kāl
for all
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
‘ă·mā·lî
my labor .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 5999 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) toil, trouble, labour
1a) trouble
1b) trouble, mischief
1c) toil, labour |
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’ă·nî
Yet when I
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 589 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) |
ū·p̄ā·nî·ṯî
considered
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 6437 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to turn
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to turn toward or from or away
1a2) to turn and do
1a3) to turn, decline (of day)
1a4) to turn toward, approach (of evening)
1a5) to turn and look, look, look back or at or after or for
1b) (Piel) to turn away, put out of the way, make clear, clear away
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to turn
1c2) to make a turn, show signs of turning, turn back
1d) (Hophal) to be turned back |
bə·ḵāl
all
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
ma·‘ă·śay
the works
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 4639 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) deed, work
1a) deed, thing done, act
1b) work, labour
1c) business, pursuit
1d) undertaking, enterprise
1e) achievement
1f) deeds, works (of deliverance and judgment)
1g) work, thing made
1h) work (of God)
1i) product |
yā·ḏay
that my hands
| Grammar | Noun - feminine dual construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 3027 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) hand
1a) hand (of man)
1b) strength, power (fig.)
1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
1d) (various special, technical senses)
1d1) sign, monument
1d2) part, fractional part, share
1d3) time, repetition
1d4) axle-trees, axle
1d5) stays, support (for laver)
1d6) tenons (in tabernacle)
1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
1d8) wrists |
še·‘ā·śū
had accomplished
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
ū·ḇe·‘ā·māl
and [what]
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5999 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) toil, trouble, labour
1a) trouble
1b) trouble, mischief
1c) toil, labour |
še·‘ā·mal·tî
I had toiled
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 5998 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to labour, toil
1a) (Qal) to labour |
la·‘ă·śō·wṯ
to achieve ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
wə·hin·nêh
I found
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Interjection |
| Strongs | 2009 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) behold, lo, see, if |
hak·kōl
everything
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
he·ḇel
to be futile ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1892 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) vapour, breath
1a) breath, vapour
1b) vanity (fig.)
adv
2) vainly |
ū·rə·‘ūṯ
a pursuit
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7469 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) longing, striving |
rū·aḥ
of the wind ;
| Grammar | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 7307 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit
1a) breath
1b) wind
1b1) of heaven
1b2) quarter (of wind), side
1b3) breath of air
1b4) air, gas
1b5) vain, empty thing
1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
1c2) courage
1c3) temper, anger
1c4) impatience, patience
1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
1c7) prophetic spirit
1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)
1e1) desire
1e2) sorrow, trouble
1f) spirit
1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts
1f2) rarely of the will
1f3) as seat especially of moral character
1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
1g4) as endowing men with various gifts
1g5) as energy of life
1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory
1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force |
wə·’ên
there was nothing
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adverb |
| Strongs | 369 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) nothing, not, nought n
1a) nothing, nought neg
1b) not
1c) to have not (of possession) adv
1d) without w/prep
1e) for lack of |
yiṯ·rō·wn
to be gained
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3504 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) advantage, profit, excellency |
ta·ḥaṯ
under
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 8478 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m
1a) the under part adv accus
1b) beneath prep
1c) under, beneath
1c1) at the foot of (idiom)
1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
1c3) of subjection or conquest
1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands
1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
conj
1e) instead of, instead of that
1f) in return for that, because that in compounds
1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath |
haš·šā·meš
the sun .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 8121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sun
1a) sun
1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)
1c) sun (as object of illicit worship)
1d) openly, publicly (in other phrases)
1e) pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining) |
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Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished? |
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’ă·nî
Then I
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 589 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) |
ū·p̄ā·nî·ṯî
turned
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 6437 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to turn
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to turn toward or from or away
1a2) to turn and do
1a3) to turn, decline (of day)
1a4) to turn toward, approach (of evening)
1a5) to turn and look, look, look back or at or after or for
1b) (Piel) to turn away, put out of the way, make clear, clear away
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to turn
1c2) to make a turn, show signs of turning, turn back
1d) (Hophal) to be turned back |
lir·’ō·wṯ
to consider
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 7200 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to see
1a2) to see, perceive
1a3) to see, have vision
1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out
1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish
1a6) to look at, gaze at
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to appear, present oneself
1b2) to be seen
1b3) to be visible
1c) (Pual) to be seen
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to see, show
1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be caused to see, be shown
1e2) to be exhibited to
1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
ḥāḵ·māh
wisdom
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2451 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wisdom
1a) skill (in war)
1b) wisdom (in administration)
1c) shrewdness, wisdom
1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)
1e) wisdom (ethical and religious) |
wə·hō·w·lê·lō·wṯ
and madness
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 1947 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) madness |
wə·siḵ·lūṯ
and folly ;
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5531 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) folly, foolishness |
kî
for
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
meh
what [more]
| Grammar | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 4100 |
| BSB/Thayers | interr pron
1) what, how, of what kind
1a) (interrogative)
1a1) what?
1a2) of what kind
1a3) what? (rhetorical)
1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what
1b) (adverb)
1b1) how, how now
1b2) why
1b3) how! (exclamation)
1c) (with prep)
1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
1c2) because of what?
1c3) the like of what?
1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often?
1c3b) for how long?
1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?
indef pron
2) anything, aught, what may |
ham·me·leḵ
can the king’s
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
hā·’ā·ḏām
vvv
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 120 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man, mankind
1a) man, human being
1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)
1c) Adam, first man
1d) city in Jordan valley |
še·yā·ḇō·w
successor
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 935 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to enter, come in
1a2) to come
1a2a) to come with
1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)
1a2c) to come to pass
1a3) to attain to
1a4) to be enumerated
1a5) to go
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to lead in
1b2) to carry in
1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon
1b4) to bring to pass
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be brought, brought in
1c2) to be introduced, be put |
’a·ḥă·rê
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 310 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time)
1a) as an adverb
1a1) behind (of place)
1a2) afterwards (of time)
1b) as a preposition
1b1) behind, after (of place)
1b2) after (of time)
1b3) besides
1c) as a conjunction
1c) after that
1d) as a substantive
1d1) hinder part
1e) with other prepositions
1e1) from behind
1e2) from following after |
’êṯ
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
’ă·šer-
do
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
kə·ḇār
than what has already
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 3528 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) already, long ago, a great while |
‘ā·śū·hū
been accomplished ?
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
כְּבָ֖רkə·ḇār than what has already |
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And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness: |
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’ā·nî
And I
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 589 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) |
wə·rā·’î·ṯî
saw
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 7200 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to see
1a2) to see, perceive
1a3) to see, have vision
1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out
1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish
1a6) to look at, gaze at
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to appear, present oneself
1b2) to be seen
1b3) to be visible
1c) (Pual) to be seen
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to see, show
1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be caused to see, be shown
1e2) to be exhibited to
1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
še·yêš
that
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Adverb |
| Strongs | 3426 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) being, existence, substance, there is or are
1a) substance
1b) existence
1c) there is or are |
la·ḥā·ḵə·māh
wisdom
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2451 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wisdom
1a) skill (in war)
1b) wisdom (in administration)
1c) shrewdness, wisdom
1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)
1e) wisdom (ethical and religious) |
yiṯ·rō·wn
exceeds
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3504 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) advantage, profit, excellency |
min-
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 4480 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than
1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of
1b) out of
1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling)
1b2) (of material from which something is made)
1b3) (of source or origin)
1c) out of, some of, from (partitively)
1d) from, since, after (of time)
1e) than, more than (in comparison)
1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or
1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons)
1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive)
conj
2) that |
has·siḵ·lūṯ
folly ,
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5531 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) folly, foolishness |
hā·’ō·wr
just as light
| Grammar | Article | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 216 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) light
1a) light of day
1b) light of heavenly luminaries (moon, sun, stars)
1c) day-break, dawn, morning light
1d) daylight
1e) lightning
1f) light of lamp
1g) light of life
1h) light of prosperity
1i) light of instruction
1j) light of face (fig.)
1k) Jehovah as Israel's light |
kî·ṯə·rō·wn
exceeds
| Grammar | Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3504 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) advantage, profit, excellency |
min-
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 4480 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than
1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of
1b) out of
1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling)
1b2) (of material from which something is made)
1b3) (of source or origin)
1c) out of, some of, from (partitively)
1d) from, since, after (of time)
1e) than, more than (in comparison)
1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or
1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons)
1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive)
conj
2) that |
ha·ḥō·šeḵ
darkness :
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2822 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) darkness, obscurity
1a) darkness
1b) secret place |
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The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both. |
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he·ḥā·ḵām
The wise
| Grammar | Article | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2450 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wise, wise (man)
1a) skilful (in technical work)
1b) wise (in administration)
1c) shrewd, crafty, cunning, wily, subtle
1d) learned, shrewd (class of men)
1e) prudent
1f) wise (ethically and religiously) |
‘ê·nāw
man has eyes
| Grammar | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5869 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) eye
1a) eye
1a1) of physical eye
1a2) as showing mental qualities
1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
2) spring, fountain |
bə·rō·šōw
in his head ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7218 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning
1a) head (of man, animals)
1b) top, tip (of mountain)
1c) height (of stars)
1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)
1e) head, front, beginning
1f) chief, choicest, best
1g) head, division, company, band
1h) sum |
wə·hak·kə·sîl
but the fool
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3684 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one |
hō·w·lêḵ
walks
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1980 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go, walk, come
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away
1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.)
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to walk
1b2) to walk (fig.)
1c) (Hithpael)
1c1) to traverse
1c2) to walk about
1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk |
ba·ḥō·šeḵ
in darkness .
| Grammar | Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2822 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) darkness, obscurity
1a) darkness
1b) secret place |
’ā·nî
Yet I
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 589 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) |
ḡam-
also
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
wə·yā·ḏa‘·tî
came to realize
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 3045 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to know
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to know
1a1a) to know, learn to know
1a1b) to perceive
1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern
1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish
1a1e) to know by experience
1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess
1a1g) to consider
1a2) to know, be acquainted with
1a3) to know (a person carnally)
1a4) to know how, be skilful in
1a5) to have knowledge, be wise
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed
1b2) to make oneself known
1b3) to be perceived
1b4) to be instructed
1c) (Piel) to cause to know
1d) (Poal) to cause to know
1e) (Pual)
1e1) to be known
1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle)
1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare
1g) (Hophal) to be made known
1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself |
’e·ḥāḏ
that one
| Grammar | Number - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 259 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) one (number)
1a) one (number)
1b) each, every
1c) a certain
1d) an (indefinite article)
1e) only, once, once for all
1f) one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one
1g) first
1h) eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal) |
šem·miq·reh
fate
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4745 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) unforeseen meeting or event, accident, happening, chance, fortune
1a) accident, chance
1b) fortune, fate |
yiq·reh
overcomes
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7136 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to encounter, meet, befall, happen, come to meet
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to encounter, meet
1a2) to befall
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to encounter, meet (without pre-arrangement)
1b2) to chance to be present
1b3) to come to meet
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to meet, appoint
2) to build with beams
2a) (Piel) to lay the beams of, furnish with beams |
’eṯ-
them
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
kul·lām
both .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
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So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile. |
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’ă·nî
So I
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 589 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) |
wə·’ā·mar·tî
said
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 559 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter
1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
bə·lib·bî
to myself ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
kə·miq·rêh
“ The fate
| Grammar | Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4745 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) unforeseen meeting or event, accident, happening, chance, fortune
1a) accident, chance
1b) fortune, fate |
hak·kə·sîl
of the fool
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3684 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one |
gam-
will also
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
yiq·rê·nî
befall
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 7136 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to encounter, meet, befall, happen, come to meet
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to encounter, meet
1a2) to befall
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to encounter, meet (without pre-arrangement)
1b2) to chance to be present
1b3) to come to meet
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to meet, appoint
2) to build with beams
2a) (Piel) to lay the beams of, furnish with beams |
’ă·nî
me .
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 589 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) |
wə·lām·māh
What
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 4100 |
| BSB/Thayers | interr pron
1) what, how, of what kind
1a) (interrogative)
1a1) what?
1a2) of what kind
1a3) what? (rhetorical)
1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what
1b) (adverb)
1b1) how, how now
1b2) why
1b3) how! (exclamation)
1c) (with prep)
1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
1c2) because of what?
1c3) the like of what?
1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often?
1c3b) for how long?
1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?
indef pron
2) anything, aught, what may |
’āz
then
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 227 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) then, at that time
1a) temporal expressions
1a1) then (past)
1a2) then, if...then (future)
1a3) earlier
1b) logical expressions
1b1) in that case
1b2) that (being so) |
’ă·nî
have I
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 589 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) |
yō·w·ṯêr
gained
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3148 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) superiority, advantage, excess
adv
2) excess, better
conj
3) besides, moreover, more |
ḥā·ḵam·tî
by being wise ? ”
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 2449 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be wise
1a) (Qal) to be or become wise, act wisely
1b) (Piel) to make wise, teach wisdom, instruct
1c) (Pual) to be made wise
1d) (Hiphil) to make wise
1e) (Hithpael) to show oneself wise, deceive, show one's wisdom |
wə·ḏib·bar·tî
And I said
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 1696 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing
1a) (Qal) to speak
1b) (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to speak
1c2) to promise
1d) (Pual) to be spoken
1e) (Hithpael) to speak
1f) (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight |
ḇə·lib·bî
to myself
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
zeh
that this
| Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2088 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such
1a) (alone)
1a1) this one
1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another
1b) (appos to subst)
1b1) this
1c) (as predicate)
1c1) this, such
1d) (enclitically)
1d1) then
1d2) who, whom
1d3) how now, what now
1d4) what now
1d5) wherefore now
1d6) behold here
1d7) just now
1d8) now, now already
1e) (poetry)
1e1) wherein, which, those who
1f) (with prefixes)
1f1) in this (place) here, then
1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter
1f3) thus and thus
1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus
1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side
1f6) on this account
1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
šeg·gam-
too
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
hā·ḇel
is futile .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1892 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) vapour, breath
1a) breath, vapour
1b) vanity (fig.)
adv
2) vainly |
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kî
For
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
’ên
there is no
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 369 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) nothing, not, nought n
1a) nothing, nought neg
1b) not
1c) to have not (of possession) adv
1d) without w/prep
1e) for lack of |
lə·‘ō·w·lām
lasting
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5769 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world
1a) ancient time, long time (of past)
1b) (of future)
1b1) for ever, always
1b2) continuous existence, perpetual
1b3) everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity |
ziḵ·rō·wn
remembrance
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 2146 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) memorial, reminder, remembrance |
le·ḥā·ḵām
of the wise ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2450 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wise, wise (man)
1a) skilful (in technical work)
1b) wise (in administration)
1c) shrewd, crafty, cunning, wily, subtle
1d) learned, shrewd (class of men)
1e) prudent
1f) wise (ethically and religiously) |
‘im-
just as with
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5973 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) with
1a) with
1b) against
1c) toward
1d) as long as
1e) beside, except
1f) in spite of |
hak·kə·sîl
the fool ,
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3684 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one |
bə·šek·kə·ḇār
seeing that
| Grammar | Preposition-b, Pronoun - relative | Adverb |
| Strongs | 3528 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) already, long ago, a great while |
hak·kōl
both
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
niš·kāḥ
will be forgotten
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7911 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to forget, ignore, wither
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to forget
1a2) to cease to care
1b) (Niphal) to be forgotten
1c) (Piel) to cause to forget
1d) (Hiphil) to make or cause to forget
1e) (Hithpael) to be forgotten |
hay·yā·mîm
in the days
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
hab·bā·’îm
to come .
| Grammar | Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 935 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to enter, come in
1a2) to come
1a2a) to come with
1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)
1a2c) to come to pass
1a3) to attain to
1a4) to be enumerated
1a5) to go
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to lead in
1b2) to carry in
1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon
1b4) to bring to pass
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be brought, brought in
1c2) to be introduced, be put |
wə·’êḵ
Alas ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Interjection |
| Strongs | 349 |
| BSB/Thayers | interrog adv
1) how?
interj
2) how! (in lamentation)
3) expression of satisfaction |
he·ḥā·ḵām
the wise man
| Grammar | Article | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2450 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wise, wise (man)
1a) skilful (in technical work)
1b) wise (in administration)
1c) shrewd, crafty, cunning, wily, subtle
1d) learned, shrewd (class of men)
1e) prudent
1f) wise (ethically and religiously) |
yā·mūṯ
will die
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4191 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to die, kill, have one executed
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to die
1a2) to die (as penalty), be put to death
1a3) to die, perish (of a nation)
1a4) to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct)
1b) (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch
1c) (Hiphil) to kill, put to death
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be killed, be put to death
1d1a) to die prematurely |
‘im-
just like
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5973 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) with
1a) with
1b) against
1c) toward
1d) as long as
1e) beside, except
1f) in spite of |
hak·kə·sîl
the fool !
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3684 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one |
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So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind. |
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wə·śā·nê·ṯî
So I hated
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 8130 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to hate, be hateful
1a) (Qal) to hate
1a1) of man
1a2) of God
1a3) hater, one hating, enemy (participle) (subst)
1b) (Niphal) to be hated
1c) (Piel) hater (participle)
1c1) of persons, nations, God, wisdom |
’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
ha·ḥay·yîm
life ,
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 2416 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) living, alive
1a) green (of vegetation)
1b) flowing, fresh (of water)
1c) lively, active (of man)
1d) reviving (of the springtime)
n m
2) relatives
3) life (abstract emphatic)
3a) life
3b) sustenance, maintenance
n f
4) living thing, animal
4a) animal
4b) life
4c) appetite
4d) revival, renewal
5) community |
kî
because
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
ham·ma·‘ă·śeh
the work
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4639 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) deed, work
1a) deed, thing done, act
1b) work, labour
1c) business, pursuit
1d) undertaking, enterprise
1e) achievement
1f) deeds, works (of deliverance and judgment)
1g) work, thing made
1h) work (of God)
1i) product |
šen·na·‘ă·śāh
that is done
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
ta·ḥaṯ
under
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 8478 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m
1a) the under part adv accus
1b) beneath prep
1c) under, beneath
1c1) at the foot of (idiom)
1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
1c3) of subjection or conquest
1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands
1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
conj
1e) instead of, instead of that
1f) in return for that, because that in compounds
1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath |
haš·šā·meš
the sun
| Grammar | Article | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 8121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sun
1a) sun
1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)
1c) sun (as object of illicit worship)
1d) openly, publicly (in other phrases)
1e) pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining) |
ra‘
was grievous
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7451 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) bad, evil
1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant
1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)
1c) evil, displeasing
1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc)
1e) bad (of value)
1f) worse than, worst (comparison)
1g) sad, unhappy
1h) evil (hurtful)
1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)
1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically)
1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts
1j2) deeds, actions
n m
2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity
2a) evil, distress, adversity
2b) evil, injury, wrong
2c) evil (ethical)
n f
3) evil, misery, distress, injury
3a) evil, misery, distress
3b) evil, injury, wrong
3c) evil (ethical) |
‘ā·lay
to me .
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 5921 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)
1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
1e) over (of suspension or extension)
1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
1h) to (as a dative)
conj
2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although |
kî-
For
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
hak·kōl
everything
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
he·ḇel
is futile
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1892 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) vapour, breath
1a) breath, vapour
1b) vanity (fig.)
adv
2) vainly |
ū·rə·‘ūṯ
and a pursuit
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7469 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) longing, striving |
rū·aḥ
of the wind .
| Grammar | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 7307 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit
1a) breath
1b) wind
1b1) of heaven
1b2) quarter (of wind), side
1b3) breath of air
1b4) air, gas
1b5) vain, empty thing
1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
1c2) courage
1c3) temper, anger
1c4) impatience, patience
1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
1c7) prophetic spirit
1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)
1e1) desire
1e2) sorrow, trouble
1f) spirit
1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts
1f2) rarely of the will
1f3) as seat especially of moral character
1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
1g4) as endowing men with various gifts
1g5) as energy of life
1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory
1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force |
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I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me. |
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’ă·nî
I
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 589 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) |
’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
wə·śā·nê·ṯî
hated
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 8130 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to hate, be hateful
1a) (Qal) to hate
1a1) of man
1a2) of God
1a3) hater, one hating, enemy (participle) (subst)
1b) (Niphal) to be hated
1c) (Piel) hater (participle)
1c1) of persons, nations, God, wisdom |
kāl-
all
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
še·’ă·nî
for which
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Pronoun - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 589 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) |
‘ă·mā·lî
I had toiled
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 5999 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) toil, trouble, labour
1a) trouble
1b) trouble, mischief
1c) toil, labour |
‘ā·mêl
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6001 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) labourer, sufferer, wretched one
1a) labourer, workman
1b) sufferer
adj v
2) toiling |
ta·ḥaṯ
under
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 8478 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m
1a) the under part adv accus
1b) beneath prep
1c) under, beneath
1c1) at the foot of (idiom)
1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
1c3) of subjection or conquest
1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands
1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
conj
1e) instead of, instead of that
1f) in return for that, because that in compounds
1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath |
haš·šā·meš
the sun ,
| Grammar | Article | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 8121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sun
1a) sun
1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)
1c) sun (as object of illicit worship)
1d) openly, publicly (in other phrases)
1e) pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining) |
še·’an·nî·ḥen·nū
because I must leave it
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to rest
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to rest, settle down and remain
1a2) to repose, have rest, be quiet
1b) (Hiph)
1b1) to cause to rest, give rest to, make quiet
1b2) to cause to rest, cause to alight, set down
1b3) to lay or set down, deposit, let lie, place
1b4) to let remain, leave
1b5) to leave, depart from
1b6) to abandon
1b7) to permit
1c) (Hoph)
1c1) to obtain rest, be granted rest
1c2) to be left, be placed
1c3) open space (subst) |
lā·’ā·ḏām
to the man
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 120 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man, mankind
1a) man, human being
1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)
1c) Adam, first man
1d) city in Jordan valley |
še·yih·yeh
who comes
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
’a·ḥă·rāy
after me .
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 310 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time)
1a) as an adverb
1a1) behind (of place)
1a2) afterwards (of time)
1b) as a preposition
1b1) behind, after (of place)
1b2) after (of time)
1b3) besides
1c) as a conjunction
1c) after that
1d) as a substantive
1d1) hinder part
1e) with other prepositions
1e1) from behind
1e2) from following after |
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And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile. |
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ū·mî
And who
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 4310 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever |
yō·w·ḏê·a‘
knows
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3045 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to know
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to know
1a1a) to know, learn to know
1a1b) to perceive
1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern
1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish
1a1e) to know by experience
1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess
1a1g) to consider
1a2) to know, be acquainted with
1a3) to know (a person carnally)
1a4) to know how, be skilful in
1a5) to have knowledge, be wise
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed
1b2) to make oneself known
1b3) to be perceived
1b4) to be instructed
1c) (Piel) to cause to know
1d) (Poal) to cause to know
1e) (Pual)
1e1) to be known
1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle)
1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare
1g) (Hophal) to be made known
1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself |
yih·yeh
whether [that man] will be
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
he·ḥā·ḵām
wise
| Grammar | Article | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2450 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wise, wise (man)
1a) skilful (in technical work)
1b) wise (in administration)
1c) shrewd, crafty, cunning, wily, subtle
1d) learned, shrewd (class of men)
1e) prudent
1f) wise (ethically and religiously) |
’ōw
or
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 176 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) or, rather
1a) implying that the latter choice is preferred
1b) or if, introducing an example to be seen under a particular principle
1c) (in series) either...or, whether...or
1d) if perchance
1e) except, or else
2) whether, not the least, if, otherwise, also, and, then |
sā·ḵāl
foolish ?
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5530 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fool |
wə·yiš·laṭ
Yet he will take
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7980 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to domineer, exercise power over, dominate, have mastery, be master, lord it over
1a) (Qal) to domineer, lord it over, become master
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to give power of
1b2) to get mastery of |
bə·ḵāl
over all
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
‘ă·mā·lî
the labor
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 5999 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) toil, trouble, labour
1a) trouble
1b) trouble, mischief
1c) toil, labour |
še·‘ā·mal·tî
at which I have worked
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 5998 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to labour, toil
1a) (Qal) to labour |
wə·še·ḥā·ḵam·tî
skillfully
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Pr | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 2449 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be wise
1a) (Qal) to be or become wise, act wisely
1b) (Piel) to make wise, teach wisdom, instruct
1c) (Pual) to be made wise
1d) (Hiphil) to make wise
1e) (Hithpael) to show oneself wise, deceive, show one's wisdom |
ta·ḥaṯ
under
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 8478 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m
1a) the under part adv accus
1b) beneath prep
1c) under, beneath
1c1) at the foot of (idiom)
1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
1c3) of subjection or conquest
1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands
1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
conj
1e) instead of, instead of that
1f) in return for that, because that in compounds
1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath |
haš·šā·meš
the sun .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 8121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sun
1a) sun
1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)
1c) sun (as object of illicit worship)
1d) openly, publicly (in other phrases)
1e) pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining) |
zeh
This
| Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2088 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such
1a) (alone)
1a1) this one
1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another
1b) (appos to subst)
1b1) this
1c) (as predicate)
1c1) this, such
1d) (enclitically)
1d1) then
1d2) who, whom
1d3) how now, what now
1d4) what now
1d5) wherefore now
1d6) behold here
1d7) just now
1d8) now, now already
1e) (poetry)
1e1) wherein, which, those who
1f) (with prefixes)
1f1) in this (place) here, then
1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter
1f3) thus and thus
1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus
1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side
1f6) on this account
1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
gam-
too
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
hā·ḇel
is futile .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1892 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) vapour, breath
1a) breath, vapour
1b) vanity (fig.)
adv
2) vainly |
יִהְיֶה֙yih·yeh whether [that man] will be |
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So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun. |
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’ă·nî
So
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 589 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) |
lib·bî
my heart
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
wə·sab·bō·w·ṯî
began
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 5437 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or around, surround, encircle, change direction
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to turn, turn about, be brought round, change
1a2) to march or walk around, go partly around, circle about, skirt, make a round, make a circuit, go about to, surround, encompass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to turn oneself, close round, turn round
1b2) to be turned over to
1c) (Piel) to turn about, change, transform
1d) (Poel)
1d1) to encompass, surround
1d2) to come about, assemble round
1d3) to march, go about
1d4) to enclose, envelop
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to turn, cause to turn, turn back, reverse, bring over, turn into, bring round
1e2) to cause to go around, surround, encompass
1f) (Hophal)
1f1) to be turned
1f2) to be surrounded |
lə·ya·’êš
to despair
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 2976 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to despair
1a) (Niphal) to be despaired, be desperate
1b) (Piel) to cause to despair
interj
2) it is hopeless! |
’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
‘al
over
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5921 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)
1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
1e) over (of suspension or extension)
1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
1h) to (as a dative)
conj
2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although |
kāl-
all
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
he·‘ā·māl
the labor
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5999 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) toil, trouble, labour
1a) trouble
1b) trouble, mischief
1c) toil, labour |
še·‘ā·mal·tî
that I had done
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 5998 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to labour, toil
1a) (Qal) to labour |
ta·ḥaṯ
under
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 8478 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m
1a) the under part adv accus
1b) beneath prep
1c) under, beneath
1c1) at the foot of (idiom)
1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
1c3) of subjection or conquest
1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands
1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
conj
1e) instead of, instead of that
1f) in return for that, because that in compounds
1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath |
haš·šā·meš
the sun .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 8121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sun
1a) sun
1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)
1c) sun (as object of illicit worship)
1d) openly, publicly (in other phrases)
1e) pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining) |
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kî-
When
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
yêš
there is
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 3426 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) being, existence, substance, there is or are
1a) substance
1b) existence
1c) there is or are |
’ā·ḏām
a man
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 120 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man, mankind
1a) man, human being
1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)
1c) Adam, first man
1d) city in Jordan valley |
še·‘ă·mā·lōw
who has labored
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5999 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) toil, trouble, labour
1a) trouble
1b) trouble, mischief
1c) toil, labour |
bə·ḥā·ḵə·māh
with wisdom ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2451 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wisdom
1a) skill (in war)
1b) wisdom (in administration)
1c) shrewdness, wisdom
1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)
1e) wisdom (ethical and religious) |
ū·ḇə·ḏa·‘aṯ
knowledge ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1847 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) knowledge
1a) knowledge, perception, skill
1b) discernment, understanding, wisdom |
ū·ḇə·ḵiš·rō·wn
and skill ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3788 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) success, skill, profit
1a) skill
1b) success, profit |
yit·tə·nen·nū
and he must give
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5414 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend
1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate
1a3) to make, constitute
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned
1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up
1c2) to be put upon |
ḥel·qōw
his portion
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2506 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) portion, share, part, territory
1a) portion, share
1b) portion, tract, parcel (of land)
1c) one's portion, one's possession
1d) (chosen) portion
1e) portion, award (from God)
2) smoothness, seductiveness, flattery |
ū·lə·’ā·ḏām
to a man
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 120 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man, mankind
1a) man, human being
1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)
1c) Adam, first man
1d) city in Jordan valley |
šel·lō
who has not
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
‘ā·mal-
worked
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5998 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to labour, toil
1a) (Qal) to labour |
bōw
for it ,
| Grammar | Preposition | third person masculine singular |
zeh
this
| Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2088 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such
1a) (alone)
1a1) this one
1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another
1b) (appos to subst)
1b1) this
1c) (as predicate)
1c1) this, such
1d) (enclitically)
1d1) then
1d2) who, whom
1d3) how now, what now
1d4) what now
1d5) wherefore now
1d6) behold here
1d7) just now
1d8) now, now already
1e) (poetry)
1e1) wherein, which, those who
1f) (with prefixes)
1f1) in this (place) here, then
1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter
1f3) thus and thus
1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus
1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side
1f6) on this account
1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
gam-
too
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
he·ḇel
is futile
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1892 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) vapour, breath
1a) breath, vapour
1b) vanity (fig.)
adv
2) vainly |
rab·bāh
and a great
| Grammar | Adjective - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7227 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) much, many, great
1a) much
1b) many
1c) abounding in
1d) more numerous than
1e) abundant, enough
1f) great
1g) strong
1h) greater than
adv
1i) much, exceedingly
n m
2) captain, chief |
wə·rā·‘āh
evil .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7451 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) bad, evil
1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant
1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)
1c) evil, displeasing
1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc)
1e) bad (of value)
1f) worse than, worst (comparison)
1g) sad, unhappy
1h) evil (hurtful)
1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)
1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically)
1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts
1j2) deeds, actions
n m
2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity
2a) evil, distress, adversity
2b) evil, injury, wrong
2c) evil (ethical)
n f
3) evil, misery, distress, injury
3a) evil, misery, distress
3b) evil, injury, wrong
3c) evil (ethical) |
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For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun? |
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kî
For
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
meh-
what
| Grammar | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 4100 |
| BSB/Thayers | interr pron
1) what, how, of what kind
1a) (interrogative)
1a1) what?
1a2) of what kind
1a3) what? (rhetorical)
1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what
1b) (adverb)
1b1) how, how now
1b2) why
1b3) how! (exclamation)
1c) (with prep)
1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
1c2) because of what?
1c3) the like of what?
1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often?
1c3b) for how long?
1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?
indef pron
2) anything, aught, what may |
lā·’ā·ḏām
does a man
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 120 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man, mankind
1a) man, human being
1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)
1c) Adam, first man
1d) city in Jordan valley |
hō·weh
get
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1933 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) Qal)
1a) to fall
1b) to be, become, exist, happen |
bə·ḵāl
for all
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
‘ă·mā·lōw
the toil
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5999 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) toil, trouble, labour
1a) trouble
1b) trouble, mischief
1c) toil, labour |
lib·bō
-
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
ū·ḇə·ra‘·yō·wn
and striving
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7475 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) longing, striving |
še·hū
with which
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Pronoun - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1931 |
| BSB/Thayers | pron 3p s
1) he, she, it
1a) himself (with emphasis)
1b) resuming subj with emphasis
1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate)
1d) (anticipating subj)
1e) (emphasising predicate)
1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron
2) that (with article) |
‘ā·mêl
he labors
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6001 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) labourer, sufferer, wretched one
1a) labourer, workman
1b) sufferer
adj v
2) toiling |
ta·ḥaṯ
under
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 8478 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m
1a) the under part adv accus
1b) beneath prep
1c) under, beneath
1c1) at the foot of (idiom)
1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
1c3) of subjection or conquest
1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands
1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
conj
1e) instead of, instead of that
1f) in return for that, because that in compounds
1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath |
haš·šā·meš
the sun ?
| Grammar | Article | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 8121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sun
1a) sun
1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)
1c) sun (as object of illicit worship)
1d) openly, publicly (in other phrases)
1e) pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining) |
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kî
Indeed ,
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
ḵāl
all
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
yā·māw
his days
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
maḵ·’ō·ḇîm
are filled with grief ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4341 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) pain, sorrow
1a) pain (physical)
1b) pain (mental) |
‘in·yā·nōw
and his task
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6045 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) occupation, task, job |
wā·ḵa·‘as
is sorrowful ;
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3708 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) anger, vexation, provocation, grief
1a) vexation
1a1) of men
1a2) of God
1b) vexation, grief, frustration |
gam-
even
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
bal·lay·lāh
at night ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3915 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) night
1a) night (as opposed to day)
1b) of gloom, protective shadow (fig.) |
lib·bōw
his mind
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
lō-
does not
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
šā·ḵaḇ
rest .
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7901 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to lie down
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to lie, lie down, lie on
1a2) to lodge
1a3) to lie (of sexual relations)
1a4) to lie down (in death)
1a5) to rest, relax (fig)
1b) (Niphal) to be lain with (sexually)
1c) (Pual) to be lain with (sexually)
1d) (Hiphil) to make to lie down
1e) (Hophal) to be laid |
zeh
This
| Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2088 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such
1a) (alone)
1a1) this one
1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another
1b) (appos to subst)
1b1) this
1c) (as predicate)
1c1) this, such
1d) (enclitically)
1d1) then
1d2) who, whom
1d3) how now, what now
1d4) what now
1d5) wherefore now
1d6) behold here
1d7) just now
1d8) now, now already
1e) (poetry)
1e1) wherein, which, those who
1f) (with prefixes)
1f1) in this (place) here, then
1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter
1f3) thus and thus
1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus
1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side
1f6) on this account
1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
gam-
too
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
he·ḇel
is futile
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1892 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) vapour, breath
1a) breath, vapour
1b) vanity (fig.)
adv
2) vainly |
hū
. . . .
| Grammar | Pronoun - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1931 |
| BSB/Thayers | pron 3p s
1) he, she, it
1a) himself (with emphasis)
1b) resuming subj with emphasis
1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate)
1d) (anticipating subj)
1e) (emphasising predicate)
1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron
2) that (with article) |
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’ên-
Nothing
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 369 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) nothing, not, nought n
1a) nothing, nought neg
1b) not
1c) to have not (of possession) adv
1d) without w/prep
1e) for lack of |
ṭō·wḇ
[is] better
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
bā·’ā·ḏām
for a man
| Grammar | Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 120 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man, mankind
1a) man, human being
1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)
1c) Adam, first man
1d) city in Jordan valley |
še·yō·ḵal
than to eat
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 398 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to eat (human subject)
1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)
1a3) to devour, consume (of fire)
1a4) to devour, slay (of sword)
1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought)
1a6) to devour (of oppression)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be eaten (by men)
1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire)
1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to cause to eat, feed with
1c2) to cause to devour
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to feed
1d2) to cause to eat
1e) (Piel)
1e1) consume |
wə·šā·ṯāh
and drink
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8354 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to drink
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to drink
1a1a) of drinking cup of God's wrath, of slaughter, of wicked deeds (fig)
1a2) to feast
1b) (Niphal) to be drunk |
wə·her·’āh
and enjoy
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7200 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to see
1a2) to see, perceive
1a3) to see, have vision
1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out
1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish
1a6) to look at, gaze at
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to appear, present oneself
1b2) to be seen
1b3) to be visible
1c) (Pual) to be seen
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to see, show
1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be caused to see, be shown
1e2) to be exhibited to
1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
nap̄·šōw
-
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5315 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
1b) living being
1c) living being (with life in the blood)
1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
1e) seat of the appetites
1f) seat of emotions and passions
1g) activity of mind
1g1) dubious
1h) activity of the will
1h1) dubious
1i) activity of the character
1i1) dubious |
ṭō·wḇ
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
ba·‘ă·mā·lōw
his work .
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5999 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) toil, trouble, labour
1a) trouble
1b) trouble, mischief
1c) toil, labour |
’ā·nî
I
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 589 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) |
gam-
have also
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
rā·’î·ṯî
seen
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 7200 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to see
1a2) to see, perceive
1a3) to see, have vision
1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out
1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish
1a6) to look at, gaze at
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to appear, present oneself
1b2) to be seen
1b3) to be visible
1c) (Pual) to be seen
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to see, show
1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be caused to see, be shown
1e2) to be exhibited to
1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
kî
that
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
zōh
this
| Grammar | Pronoun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2090 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this |
hî
[is]
| Grammar | Pronoun - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1931 |
| BSB/Thayers | pron 3p s
1) he, she, it
1a) himself (with emphasis)
1b) resuming subj with emphasis
1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate)
1d) (anticipating subj)
1e) (emphasising predicate)
1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron
2) that (with article) |
mî·yaḏ
from the hand
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3027 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) hand
1a) hand (of man)
1b) strength, power (fig.)
1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
1d) (various special, technical senses)
1d1) sign, monument
1d2) part, fractional part, share
1d3) time, repetition
1d4) axle-trees, axle
1d5) stays, support (for laver)
1d6) tenons (in tabernacle)
1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
1d8) wrists |
hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm
of God .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (plural)
1a) rulers, judges
1b) divine ones
1c) angels
1d) gods
2) (plural intensive-singular meaning)
2a) god, goddess
2b) godlike one
2c) works or special possessions of God
2d) the (true) God
2e) God |
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kî
For
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
ḥūṣ
apart from
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2351 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) outside, outward, street, the outside |
mim·men·nî
Him ,
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 4480 |
| Footnote | Some Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts apart from me or more than I |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than
1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of
1b) out of
1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling)
1b2) (of material from which something is made)
1b3) (of source or origin)
1c) out of, some of, from (partitively)
1d) from, since, after (of time)
1e) than, more than (in comparison)
1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or
1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons)
1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive)
conj
2) that |
mî
who
| Grammar | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 4310 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever |
yō·ḵal
can eat
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 398 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to eat (human subject)
1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)
1a3) to devour, consume (of fire)
1a4) to devour, slay (of sword)
1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought)
1a6) to devour (of oppression)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be eaten (by men)
1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire)
1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to cause to eat, feed with
1c2) to cause to devour
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to feed
1d2) to cause to eat
1e) (Piel)
1e1) consume |
ū·mî
and who
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 4310 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever |
yā·ḥūš
can find enjoyment ?
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2363 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to haste, make haste, hurry
1a) (Qal) to make haste
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to show haste, act quickly, hasten, come quickly
1b2) to enjoy, be excited |
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kî
To
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
lə·’ā·ḏām
the man
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 120 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man, mankind
1a) man, human being
1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)
1c) Adam, first man
1d) city in Jordan valley |
šeṭ·ṭō·wḇ
who is pleasing
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
lə·p̄ā·nāw
in His sight ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6440 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) face
1a) face, faces
1b) presence, person
1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim)
1d) face (of animals)
1e) face, surface (of ground)
1f) as adv of loc/temp
1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before
1g) with prep
1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of |
nā·ṯan
He gives
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5414 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend
1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate
1a3) to make, constitute
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned
1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up
1c2) to be put upon |
ḥāḵ·māh
wisdom
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2451 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wisdom
1a) skill (in war)
1b) wisdom (in administration)
1c) shrewdness, wisdom
1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)
1e) wisdom (ethical and religious) |
wə·ḏa·‘aṯ
and knowledge
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1847 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) knowledge
1a) knowledge, perception, skill
1b) discernment, understanding, wisdom |
wə·śim·ḥāh
and joy ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 8057 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) joy, mirth, gladness
1a) mirth, gladness, joy, gaiety, pleasure
1b) joy (of God)
1c) glad result, happy issue |
wə·la·ḥō·w·ṭe
but to the sinner
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2398 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to miss
1a2) to sin, miss the goal or path of right and duty
1a3) to incur guilt, incur penalty by sin, forfeit
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to bear loss
1b2) to make a sin-offering
1b3) to purify from sin
1b4) to purify from uncleanness
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to miss the mark
1c2) to induce to sin, cause to sin
1c3) to bring into guilt or condemnation or punishment
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to miss oneself, lose oneself, wander from the way
1d2) to purify oneself from uncleanness |
nā·ṯan
He assigns
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5414 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend
1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate
1a3) to make, constitute
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned
1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up
1c2) to be put upon |
‘in·yān
the task
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6045 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) occupation, task, job |
le·’ĕ·sō·wp̄
of gathering
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 622 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to gather, receive, remove, gather in
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to gather, collect
1a2) to gather (an individual into company of others)
1a3) to bring up the rear
1a4) to gather and take away, remove, withdraw
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to assemble, be gathered
1b2) (pass of Qal 1a2)
1b2a) to be gathered to one's fathers
1b2b) to be brought in or into (association with others)
1b3) (pass of Qal 1a4)
1b3a) to be taken away, removed, perish
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to gather (harvest)
1c2) to take in, receive into
1c3) rearguard, rearward (subst)
1d) (Pual) to be gathered
1e) (Hithpael) to gather oneself or themselves |
wə·liḵ·nō·ws
and accumulating [that which]
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 3664 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to gather, collect, wrap
1a) (Qal) to gather
1b) (Piel) to gather
1c) (Hithpael) to gather together, wrap oneself up |
lā·ṯêṯ
he will hand over
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 5414 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend
1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate
1a3) to make, constitute
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned
1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up
1c2) to be put upon |
lə·ṭō·wḇ
to one who pleases
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
lip̄·nê
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct |
| Strongs | 6440 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) face
1a) face, faces
1b) presence, person
1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim)
1d) face (of animals)
1e) face, surface (of ground)
1f) as adv of loc/temp
1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before
1g) with prep
1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of |
hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm
God .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (plural)
1a) rulers, judges
1b) divine ones
1c) angels
1d) gods
2) (plural intensive-singular meaning)
2a) god, goddess
2b) godlike one
2c) works or special possessions of God
2d) the (true) God
2e) God |
zeh
This
| Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2088 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such
1a) (alone)
1a1) this one
1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another
1b) (appos to subst)
1b1) this
1c) (as predicate)
1c1) this, such
1d) (enclitically)
1d1) then
1d2) who, whom
1d3) how now, what now
1d4) what now
1d5) wherefore now
1d6) behold here
1d7) just now
1d8) now, now already
1e) (poetry)
1e1) wherein, which, those who
1f) (with prefixes)
1f1) in this (place) here, then
1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter
1f3) thus and thus
1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus
1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side
1f6) on this account
1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
gam-
too
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
he·ḇel
is futile
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1892 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) vapour, breath
1a) breath, vapour
1b) vanity (fig.)
adv
2) vainly |
ū·rə·‘ūṯ
and a pursuit
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7469 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) longing, striving |
rū·aḥ
of the wind .
| Grammar | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 7307 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit
1a) breath
1b) wind
1b1) of heaven
1b2) quarter (of wind), side
1b3) breath of air
1b4) air, gas
1b5) vain, empty thing
1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
1c2) courage
1c3) temper, anger
1c4) impatience, patience
1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
1c7) prophetic spirit
1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)
1e1) desire
1e2) sorrow, trouble
1f) spirit
1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts
1f2) rarely of the will
1f3) as seat especially of moral character
1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
1g4) as endowing men with various gifts
1g5) as energy of life
1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory
1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force |
לָתֵת֙lā·ṯêṯ he will hand over |