Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 11:8 Interlinear
“ years for they shall be many live But if a man and rejoice in them all yet let him remember the days of darkness for they shall be many All that cometh is vanity”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | כִּ֣י | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 2 | אִם | H518 | used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | |
| 3 | שָׁנִ֥ים | H8141 | years | a year (as a revolution of time) |
| 4 | הַרְבֵּ֥ה | H7235 | for they shall be many | to increase (in whatever respect) |
| 5 | יִחְיֶ֥ה | H2421 | live | to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive |
| 6 | הָאָדָ֖ם | H120 | But if a man | ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) |
| 7 | בְּכֻלָּ֣ם | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 8 | יִשְׂמָ֑ח | H8055 | and rejoice | probably to brighten up, i.e., (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome |
| 9 | וְיִזְכֹּר֙ | H2142 | in them all yet let him remember | properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male |
| 10 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 11 | יְמֵ֣י | H3117 | the days | a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso |
| 12 | הַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ | H2822 | of darkness | the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness |
| 13 | כִּֽי | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 14 | הַרְבֵּ֥ה | H7235 | for they shall be many | to increase (in whatever respect) |
| 15 | יִהְי֖וּ | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 16 | כָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 17 | שֶׁבָּ֥א | H935 | All that cometh | to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) |
| 18 | הָֽבֶל׃ | H1892 | is vanity | emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb |
Verse Context
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Ecclesiastes 11:8 (current) years for they shall be many live But if a man and rejoice in them all yet let him remember the days of darkness for they shall be many All that cometh is vanity
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