Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 11:2 Interlinear

Give a portion to seven and also to eight for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1תֶּןH5414Giveto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
2חֵ֥לֶקH2506a portionproperly, smoothness (of the tongue)
3לְשִׁבְעָ֖הH7651to sevenseven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
4וְגַ֣םH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
5לִשְׁמוֹנָ֑הH8083and also to eighta cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
6כִּ֚יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
7לֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
8תֵדַ֔עH3045for thou knowestto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
9מַהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
10יִּהְיֶ֥הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
11רָעָ֖הH7451not what evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
12עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
13הָאָֽרֶץ׃H776shall be upon the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Verse Context

Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread upon the waters ...
Ecclesiastes 11:2 (current)Give a portion to seven and also to eight for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth
Ecclesiastes 11:3 be full If the clouds of rain themselves upon the earth...

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