Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 2:18 Interlinear

“Yea I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after”

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Ecclesiastes 2 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְשָׂנֵ֤אתִֽי	H8130	Yea I hated	to hate (personally)
2	אֲנִי֙	H589		i
3	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4	כָּל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
5	עֲמָלִ֔י	H5999	all my labour	toil, i.e., wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind
6	שֶׁאֲנִ֥י	H589		i
7	עָמֵ֖ל	H6001	which I had taken	toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful
8	תַּ֣חַת	H8478		the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
9	הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ	H8121	under the sun	the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement
10	שֶׁ֣אַנִּיחֶ֔נּוּ	H3240	because I should leave	to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay
11	לָאָדָ֖ם	H120	it unto the man	ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
12	שֶׁיִּהְיֶ֥ה	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
13	אַחֲרָֽי׃	H310	that shall be after	properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

Ecclesiastes 2:18 (current)Yea I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after