Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 1:16 Interlinear
“I communed with mine own heart saying Lo I am come to great estate and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem with mine own heart experience had great more wisdom and knowledge”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | דִּבַּ֨רְתִּי | H1696 | I communed | perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue |
| 2 | אֲנִ֤י | H589 | i | |
| 3 | עִם | H5973 | adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then | |
| 4 | וְלִבִּ֛י | H3820 | with mine own heart | the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything |
| 5 | לֵאמֹ֔ר | H559 | saying | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 6 | אֲנִ֗י | H589 | i | |
| 7 | הִנֵּ֨ה | H2009 | lo! | |
| 8 | הִגְדַּ֤לְתִּי | H1431 | Lo I am come to great estate | to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride) |
| 9 | וְהוֹסַ֙פְתִּי֙ | H3254 | and have gotten | to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing) |
| 10 | חָכְמָ֥ה | H2451 | more wisdom | wisdom (in a good sense) |
| 11 | עַ֛ל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 12 | כָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 13 | אֲשֶׁר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 14 | הָיָ֥ה | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 15 | לְפָנַ֖י | H6440 | than all they that have been before | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
| 16 | עַל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 17 | יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם | H3389 | me in Jerusalem | jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine |
| 18 | וְלִבִּ֛י | H3820 | with mine own heart | the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything |
| 19 | רָאָ֥ה | H7200 | experience | to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) |
| 20 | הַרְבֵּ֖ה | H7235 | had great | to increase (in whatever respect) |
| 21 | חָכְמָ֥ה | H2451 | more wisdom | wisdom (in a good sense) |
| 22 | וָדָֽעַת׃ | H1847 | and knowledge | knowledge |
Verse Context
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Ecclesiastes 1:16 (current)I communed with mine own heart saying Lo I am come to great estate and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem with mine own heart experience had great more wisdom and knowledge
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