Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 1:17 Interlinear
“And I gave my heart I perceived wisdom I perceived madness and folly I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וָאֶתְּנָ֤ה | H5414 | And I gave | to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) |
| 2 | לִבִּי֙ | H3820 | my heart | the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything |
| 3 | יָדַ֕עְתִּי | H3045 | I perceived | to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o |
| 4 | חָכְמָ֔ה | H2451 | wisdom | wisdom (in a good sense) |
| 5 | יָדַ֕עְתִּי | H3045 | I perceived | to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o |
| 6 | הוֹלֵל֖וֹת | H1947 | madness | folly |
| 7 | וְשִׂכְל֑וּת | H5531 | and folly | silliness |
| 8 | יָדַ֕עְתִּי | H3045 | I perceived | to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o |
| 9 | שֶׁגַּם | H1571 | that this | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and |
| 10 | זֶ֥ה | H2088 | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | |
| 11 | ה֖וּא | H1931 | he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo | |
| 12 | רַעְי֥וֹן | H7475 | also is vexation | desire |
| 13 | רֽוּחַ׃ | H7307 | of spirit | wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the |
Verse Context
Ecclesiastes 1:16I communed with mine own heart saying ...
Ecclesiastes 1:17 (current)And I gave my heart I perceived wisdom I perceived madness and folly I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit
Ecclesiastes 1:18 For in much wisdom grief and he that increaseth...