Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 11:6 Interlinear
“In the morning sow thy seed and in the evening withhold not thine hand for thou knowest not whether shall prosper either this or that or whether they both shall be alike good”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | בַּבֹּ֙קֶר֙ | H1242 | In the morning | properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning |
| 2 | זְרַ֣ע | H2232 | sow | to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify |
| 3 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 4 | זַרְעֶ֔ךָ | H2233 | thy seed | seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity |
| 5 | וְלָעֶ֖רֶב | H6153 | and in the evening | dusk |
| 6 | אַל | H408 | not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing | |
| 7 | תַּנַּ֣ח | H3240 | withhold | to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay |
| 8 | יָדֶ֑ךָ | H3027 | not thine hand | a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v |
| 9 | כִּי֩ | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 10 | אֵֽינְךָ֙ | H369 | a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle | |
| 11 | יוֹדֵ֜ע | H3045 | for thou knowest | to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o |
| 12 | אֵ֣י | H335 | not whether | where? hence how? |
| 13 | זֶ֤ה | H2088 | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | |
| 14 | יִכְשָׁר֙ | H3787 | shall prosper | by implication, to be acceptable; also to succeed or prosper |
| 15 | הֲזֶ֣ה | H2088 | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | |
| 16 | אוֹ | H176 | desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if | |
| 17 | זֶ֔ה | H2088 | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | |
| 18 | וְאִם | H518 | used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | |
| 19 | שְׁנֵיהֶ֥ם | H8147 | either this or that or whether they both | two; also (as ordinal) twofold |
| 20 | כְּאֶחָ֖ד | H259 | shall be alike | properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first |
| 21 | טוֹבִֽים׃ | H2896 | good | good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good |
Verse Context
Ecclesiastes 11:5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit...
Ecclesiastes 11:6 (current)In the morning sow thy seed and in the evening withhold not thine hand for thou knowest not whether shall prosper either this or that or whether they both shall be alike good
Ecclesiastes 11:7is sweet Truly the light and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold ...