Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 1:8 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Ecclesiastes 1:8, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

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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