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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וּמִ֣יH4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
2יוֹדֵ֗עַH3045And who knowethto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
3הֶֽחָכָ֤םH2450whether he shall be a wisewise, (i.e., intelligent, skilful or artful)
4יִהְיֶה֙H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
5א֣וֹH176desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
6סָכָ֔לH5530man or a foolsilly
7וְיִשְׁלַט֙H7980yet shall he have ruleto dominate, i.e., govern; by implication, to permit
8בְּכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
9עֲמָלִ֔יH5999over all my labourtoil, i.e., wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind
10שֶֽׁעָמַ֥לְתִּיH5998wherein I have labouredto toil, i.e., work severely and with irksomeness
11וְשֶׁחָכַ֖מְתִּיH2449and wherein I have shewed myself wiseto be wise (in mind, word or act)
12תַּ֣חַתH8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
13הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁH8121under the sunthe sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement
14גַּםH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
15זֶ֖הH2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
16הָֽבֶל׃H1892This is also vanityemptiness 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 ...

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