Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 2:15 Interlinear

said I in my heart As it happeneth to the fool even to me so it happeneth wise Then and why was I then more Then I said I in my heart even to me that this also is vanity

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְאָמַ֨רְתִּֽיH559saidto say (used with great latitude)
2אֲנִ֜יH589i
3בְלִבִּ֔יH3820I in my heartthe heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
4כְּמִקְרֵ֤הH4745As it happenethsomething met with, i.e., an accident or fortune
5הַכְּסִיל֙H3684to the foolproperly, fat, i.e., (figuratively) stupid or silly
6שֶׁגַּםH1571even to meproperly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
7אֲנִ֣יH589i
8יִקְרֵ֔נִיH7136so it happenethto light upon (chiefly by accident); specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
9וְלָ֧מָּהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
10חָכַ֛מְתִּיH2449wiseto be wise (in mind, word or act)
11אֲנִ֖יH589i
12אָ֣זH227Thenat that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore
13יוֹתֵ֑רH3148and why was I then moreproperly, redundant; hence, over and above, as adjective, noun, adverb or conjunction
14וְדִבַּ֣רְתִּיH1696Then I saidperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
15בְלִבִּ֔יH3820I in my heartthe heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
16שֶׁגַּםH1571even to meproperly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
17זֶ֖הH2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
18הָֽבֶל׃H1892that this also is vanityemptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

Verse Context

Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man's eyes are in his head but the fool in darkness walketh...
Ecclesiastes 2:15 (current)said I in my heart As it happeneth to the fool even to me so it happeneth wise Then and why was I then more Then I said I in my heart even to me that this also is vanity
Ecclesiastes 2:16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than man as the fool...

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