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

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1וּפָנִ֣יתִֽיH6437Then I lookedto turn; by implication, to face, i.e., appear, look, etc
2אֲנִ֗יH589i
3בְּכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
4מַעֲשַׂי֙H4639on all the worksan action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
5לַעֲשׂ֑וֹתH6213had wroughtto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
6יָדַ֔יH3027that my handsa 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
7וּבֶֽעָמָ֖לH5999and on the labourtoil, i.e., wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind
8שֶׁעָמַ֣לְתִּיH5998that I had labouredto toil, i.e., work severely and with irksomeness
9לַעֲשׂ֑וֹתH6213had wroughtto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
10וְהִנֵּ֨הH2009lo!
11הַכֹּ֥לH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
12הֶ֙בֶל֙H1892and behold all was vanityemptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
13וּרְע֣וּתH7469and vexationa feeding upon, i.e., grasping after
14ר֔וּחַH7307of spiritwind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
15וְאֵ֥יןH369a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
16יִתְר֖וֹןH3504and there was no profitpreeminence, gain
17תַּ֥חַתH8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
18הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃H8121under the sunthe 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...

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