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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְשָׂנֵ֙אתִי֙H8130Therefore I hatedto hate (personally)
2אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3הַ֣חַיִּ֔יםH2416lifealive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
4כִּ֣יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
5רַ֤עH7451is grievousbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
6עָלַי֙H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
7הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֔הH4639because the workan action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
8שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂ֖הH6213that is wroughtto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
9תַּ֣חַתH8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
10הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁH8121under the sunthe sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement
11כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
12הַכֹּ֥לH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
13הֶ֖בֶלH1892unto me for all is vanityemptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
14וּרְע֥וּתH7469and vexationa feeding upon, i.e., grasping after
15רֽוּחַ׃H7307of spiritwind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the

Verse Context

Ecclesiastes 2:16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than man as the fool...
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 ...

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