Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 2:17 Interlinear
“Therefore I hated life is grievous because the work that is wrought under the sun unto me for all is vanity and vexation of spirit”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְשָׂנֵ֙אתִי֙ | H8130 | Therefore I hated | to hate (personally) |
| 2 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 3 | הַ֣חַיִּ֔ים | H2416 | life | alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin |
| 4 | כִּ֣י | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 5 | רַ֤ע | H7451 | is grievous | bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) |
| 6 | עָלַי֙ | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 7 | הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה | H4639 | because the work | an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property |
| 8 | שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂ֖ה | H6213 | that is wrought | to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application |
| 9 | תַּ֣חַת | H8478 | the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc | |
| 10 | הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ | H8121 | under the sun | the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement |
| 11 | כִּֽי | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 12 | הַכֹּ֥ל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 13 | הֶ֖בֶל | H1892 | unto me for all is vanity | emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb |
| 14 | וּרְע֥וּת | H7469 | and vexation | a feeding upon, i.e., grasping after |
| 15 | רֽוּחַ׃ | H7307 | of spirit | wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the |
Verse Context
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Ecclesiastes 2:17 (current)Therefore I hated life is grievous because the work that is wrought under the sun unto me for all is vanity and vexation of spirit
Ecclesiastes 2:18Yea I hated all my labour ...