Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 2:11 Interlinear
“Then I looked on all the works had wrought that my hands and on the labour that I had laboured had wrought and behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit and there was no profit under the sun”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וּפָנִ֣יתִֽי | H6437 | Then I looked | to turn; by implication, to face, i.e., appear, look, etc |
| 2 | אֲנִ֗י | H589 | i | |
| 3 | בְּכָל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 4 | מַעֲשַׂי֙ | H4639 | on all the works | an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property |
| 5 | לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת | H6213 | had wrought | to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application |
| 6 | יָדַ֔י | H3027 | that my hands | 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 |
| 7 | וּבֶֽעָמָ֖ל | H5999 | and on the labour | toil, i.e., wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind |
| 8 | שֶׁעָמַ֣לְתִּי | H5998 | that I had laboured | to toil, i.e., work severely and with irksomeness |
| 9 | לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת | H6213 | had wrought | to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application |
| 10 | וְהִנֵּ֨ה | H2009 | lo! | |
| 11 | הַכֹּ֥ל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 12 | הֶ֙בֶל֙ | H1892 | and behold all was vanity | emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb |
| 13 | וּרְע֣וּת | H7469 | and vexation | a feeding upon, i.e., grasping after |
| 14 | ר֔וּחַ | H7307 | of spirit | wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the |
| 15 | וְאֵ֥ין | H369 | a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle | |
| 16 | יִתְר֖וֹן | H3504 | and there was no profit | preeminence, gain |
| 17 | תַּ֥חַת | H8478 | the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc | |
| 18 | הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ | H8121 | under the sun | the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement |
Verse Context
Ecclesiastes 2:10 desired And whatsoever mine eyes I kept...
Ecclesiastes 2:11 (current)Then I looked on all the works had wrought that my hands and on the labour that I had laboured had wrought and behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit and there was no profit under the sun
Ecclesiastes 2:12And I turned myself to behold wisdom and madness and folly...