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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | הֶֽחָכָם֙ | H2450 | The wise man's | wise, (i.e., intelligent, skilful or artful) |
| 2 | עֵינָ֣יו | H5869 | eyes | an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
| 3 | בְּרֹאשׁ֔וֹ | H7218 | are in his head | the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) |
| 4 | וְהַכְּסִ֖יל | H3684 | but the fool | properly, fat, i.e., (figuratively) stupid or silly |
| 5 | בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ | H2822 | in darkness | the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness |
| 6 | הוֹלֵ֑ךְ | H1980 | walketh | to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) |
| 7 | וְיָדַ֣עְתִּי | H3045 | and I myself perceived | to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o |
| 8 | גַם | H1571 | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | |
| 9 | אָ֔נִי | H589 | i | |
| 10 | שֶׁמִּקְרֶ֥ה | H4745 | event | something met with, i.e., an accident or fortune |
| 11 | אֶחָ֖ד | H259 | also that one | properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first |
| 12 | יִקְרֶ֥ה | H7136 | happeneth | to light upon (chiefly by accident); specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor) |
| 13 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 14 | כֻּלָּֽם׃ | H3605 | properly, 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...