Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 2:23 Interlinear
“ For all his days are sorrows grief and his travail in the night taketh not rest yea his heart This is also vanity ”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | כִּ֧י | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 2 | כָל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 3 | יָמָ֣יו | H3117 | For all his days | a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso |
| 4 | מַכְאֹבִ֗ים | H4341 | are sorrows | anguish or (figuratively) affliction |
| 5 | וָכַ֙עַס֙ | H3708 | grief | vexation |
| 6 | עִנְיָנ֔וֹ | H6045 | and his travail | ado, i.e., (generally) employment or (specifically) an affair |
| 7 | גַּם | H1571 | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | |
| 8 | בַּלַּ֖יְלָה | H3915 | in the night | properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity |
| 9 | לֹא | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 10 | שָׁכַ֣ב | H7901 | taketh not rest | to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose) |
| 11 | לִבּ֑וֹ | H3820 | yea his heart | the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything |
| 12 | גַּם | H1571 | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | |
| 13 | זֶ֖ה | H2088 | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | |
| 14 | הֶ֥בֶל | H1892 | This is also vanity | emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb |
| 15 | הֽוּא׃ | H1931 | he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo |
Verse Context
Ecclesiastes 2:22 For what hath man of all his labour...
Ecclesiastes 2:23 (current) For all his days are sorrows grief and his travail in the night taketh not rest yea his heart This is also vanity
Ecclesiastes 2:24 There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink ...