Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 2:14 Interlinear

The wise man's eyes are in his head but the fool in darkness walketh and I myself perceived event also that one happeneth

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1הֶֽחָכָם֙H2450The wise man'swise, (i.e., intelligent, skilful or artful)
2עֵינָ֣יוH5869eyesan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
3בְּרֹאשׁ֔וֹH7218are in his headthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
4וְהַכְּסִ֖ילH3684but the foolproperly, fat, i.e., (figuratively) stupid or silly
5בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְH2822in darknessthe dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
6הוֹלֵ֑ךְH1980walkethto walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
7וְיָדַ֣עְתִּיH3045and I myself perceivedto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
8גַםH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
9אָ֔נִיH589i
10שֶׁמִּקְרֶ֥הH4745eventsomething met with, i.e., an accident or fortune
11אֶחָ֖דH259also that oneproperly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first
12יִקְרֶ֥הH7136happenethto light upon (chiefly by accident); specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
13אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
14כֻּלָּֽם׃H3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

Verse Context

Ecclesiastes 2:13Then I saw that excelleth wisdom ...
Ecclesiastes 2:14 (current)The wise man's eyes are in his head but the fool in darkness walketh and I myself perceived event also that one happeneth
Ecclesiastes 2:15said I in my heart As it happeneth to the fool even to me...

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