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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְאָמַ֨רְתִּֽי | H559 | said | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 2 | אֲנִ֜י | H589 | i | |
| 3 | בְלִבִּ֔י | H3820 | I in my heart | the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything |
| 4 | כְּמִקְרֵ֤ה | H4745 | As it happeneth | something met with, i.e., an accident or fortune |
| 5 | הַכְּסִיל֙ | H3684 | to the fool | properly, fat, i.e., (figuratively) stupid or silly |
| 6 | שֶׁגַּם | H1571 | even to me | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and |
| 7 | אֲנִ֣י | H589 | i | |
| 8 | יִקְרֵ֔נִי | H7136 | so it happeneth | to light upon (chiefly by accident); specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor) |
| 9 | וְלָ֧מָּה | H4100 | properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and | |
| 10 | חָכַ֛מְתִּי | H2449 | wise | to be wise (in mind, word or act) |
| 11 | אֲנִ֖י | H589 | i | |
| 12 | אָ֣ז | H227 | Then | at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore |
| 13 | יוֹתֵ֑ר | H3148 | and why was I then more | properly, redundant; hence, over and above, as adjective, noun, adverb or conjunction |
| 14 | וְדִבַּ֣רְתִּי | H1696 | Then I said | perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue |
| 15 | בְלִבִּ֔י | H3820 | I in my heart | the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything |
| 16 | שֶׁגַּם | H1571 | even to me | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and |
| 17 | זֶ֖ה | H2088 | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | |
| 18 | הָֽבֶל׃ | H1892 | that this also is vanity | emptiness 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...