Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 11:7 Interlinear

“is sweet Truly the light and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun”

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Ecclesiastes 11 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וּמָת֖וֹק	H4966	is sweet	sweet
2	הָא֑וֹר	H216	Truly the light	illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
3	וְט֥וֹב	H2896	and a pleasant	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
4	לַֽעֵינַ֖יִם	H5869	thing it is for the eyes	an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
5	לִרְא֥וֹת	H7200	to behold	to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
6	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
7	הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃	H8121	the sun	the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement

Ecclesiastes 11:7 (current)is sweet Truly the light and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun