Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 2:19 Interlinear
“ And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun This is also vanity”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וּמִ֣י | H4310 | who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix | |
| 2 | יוֹדֵ֗עַ | H3045 | And who knoweth | to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o |
| 3 | הֶֽחָכָ֤ם | H2450 | whether he shall be a wise | wise, (i.e., intelligent, skilful or artful) |
| 4 | יִהְיֶה֙ | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 5 | א֣וֹ | H176 | desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if | |
| 6 | סָכָ֔ל | H5530 | man or a fool | silly |
| 7 | וְיִשְׁלַט֙ | H7980 | yet shall he have rule | to dominate, i.e., govern; by implication, to permit |
| 8 | בְּכָל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 9 | עֲמָלִ֔י | H5999 | over all my labour | toil, i.e., wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind |
| 10 | שֶֽׁעָמַ֥לְתִּי | H5998 | wherein I have laboured | to toil, i.e., work severely and with irksomeness |
| 11 | וְשֶׁחָכַ֖מְתִּי | H2449 | and wherein I have shewed myself wise | to be wise (in mind, word or act) |
| 12 | תַּ֣חַת | H8478 | the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc | |
| 13 | הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ | H8121 | under the sun | the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement |
| 14 | גַּם | H1571 | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | |
| 15 | זֶ֖ה | H2088 | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | |
| 16 | הָֽבֶל׃ | H1892 | This is also vanity | emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb |
Verse Context
Ecclesiastes 2:18Yea I hated all my labour ...
Ecclesiastes 2:19 (current) And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun This is also vanity
Ecclesiastes 2:20Therefore I went about to cause my heart ...