Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 2:3 Interlinear
“I sought in mine heart to give unto wine myself in mine heart yet acquainting with wisdom and to lay hold on folly till I might see what was that good for the sons of men which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | תַּ֣רְתִּי | H8446 | I sought | to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially for trade or reconnoitring |
| 2 | וְלִבִּ֞י | H3820 | in mine heart | the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything |
| 3 | לִמְשׁ֥וֹךְ | H4900 | to give | to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.) |
| 4 | בַּיַּ֖יִן | H3196 | unto wine | wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication |
| 5 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 6 | בְּשָׂרִ֑י | H1320 | myself | flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man |
| 7 | וְלִבִּ֞י | H3820 | in mine heart | the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything |
| 8 | נֹהֵ֤ג | H5090 | yet acquainting | to drive forth (a person, an animal or chariot), also (from the panting induced by effort), to sigh |
| 9 | בַּֽחָכְמָה֙ | H2451 | with wisdom | wisdom (in a good sense) |
| 10 | וְלֶאֱחֹ֣ז | H270 | and to lay hold | to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession) |
| 11 | בְּסִכְל֔וּת | H5531 | on folly | silliness |
| 12 | עַ֣ד | H5704 | as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) | |
| 13 | אֲשֶׁר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 14 | אֶרְאֶ֗ה | H7200 | till I might see | to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) |
| 15 | אֵי | H335 | where? hence how? | |
| 16 | זֶ֨ה | H2088 | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | |
| 17 | ט֜וֹב | H2896 | what was that good | good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good |
| 18 | לִבְנֵ֤י | H1121 | for the sons | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 19 | הָאָדָם֙ | H120 | of men | ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) |
| 20 | אֲשֶׁ֤ר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 21 | יַעֲשׂוּ֙ | H6213 | which they should do | to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application |
| 22 | תַּ֣חַת | H8478 | the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc | |
| 23 | הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם | H8064 | under the heaven | the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r |
| 24 | מִסְפַּ֖ר | H4557 | all | a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration |
| 25 | יְמֵ֥י | H3117 | the 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 |
| 26 | חַיֵּיהֶֽם׃ | H2416 | of their life | alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin |
Verse Context
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