Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 11:3 Interlinear

be full If the clouds of rain themselves upon the earth they empty fall and if the tree toward the south or toward the north in the place fall and if the tree there it shall be

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
2יִמָּלְא֨וּH4390be fullto fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
3הֶעָבִ֥יםH5645If the cloudsproperly, an envelope, i.e., darkness (or density, 2 chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
4גֶּ֙שֶׁם֙H1653of raina shower
5עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
6הָאָ֣רֶץH776themselves upon the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
7יָרִ֔יקוּH7324they emptyto pour out (literally or figuratively), i.e., empty
8וְאִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
9שֶׁיִּפּ֥וֹלH5307fallto fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
10הָעֵ֖ץH6086and if the treea tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
11בַּדָּר֖וֹםH1864toward the souththe south; poet. the south wind
12וְאִ֣םH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
13בַּצָּפ֑וֹןH6828or toward the northproperly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
14מְק֛וֹםH4725in the placeproperly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
15שֶׁיִּפּ֥וֹלH5307fallto fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
16הָעֵ֖ץH6086and if the treea tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
17שָׁ֥םH8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
18יְהֽוּא׃H1933there it shall beto be (in the sense of existence)

Verse Context

Ecclesiastes 11:2Give a portion to seven and also to eight ...
Ecclesiastes 11:3 (current) be full If the clouds of rain themselves upon the earth they empty fall and if the tree toward the south or toward the north in the place fall and if the tree there it shall be
Ecclesiastes 11:4He that observeth the wind shall not sow and he that regardeth the clouds...

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