Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 1:8 Interlinear

All things are full of labour cannot man utter is not satisfied it the eye with seeing filled nor the ear with hearing

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
2הַדְּבָרִ֣יםH1697All thingsa word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
3יְגֵעִ֔יםH3023are full of labourtired; hence (transitive) tiresome
4לֹאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
5יוּכַ֥לH3201cannotto be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
6אִ֖ישׁH376mana man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
7לְדַבֵּ֑רH1696utterperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
8לֹאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
9תִשְׂבַּ֥עH7646is not satisfiedto sate, i.e., fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
10עַ֙יִן֙H5869it the eyean eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
11לִרְא֔וֹתH7200with seeingto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
12וְלֹאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
13תִמָּלֵ֥אH4390filledto fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
14אֹ֖זֶןH241nor the earbroadness. i.e., (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
15מִשְּׁמֹֽעַ׃H8085with hearingto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

Verse Context

Ecclesiastes 1:7 All the rivers come into the sea into the sea...
Ecclesiastes 1:8 (current) All things are full of labour cannot man utter is not satisfied it the eye with seeing filled nor the ear with hearing
Ecclesiastes 1:9 The thing that hath been it is that which shall be and that which is done...

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