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Ecclesiastes 2:6 Interlinear

“I made me pools of water to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees”

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Ecclesiastes 2 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	עָשִׂ֥יתִי	H6213	I made	to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
2	לִ֖י	H0
3	בְּרֵכ֣וֹת	H1295	me pools	a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place)
4	מָ֑יִם	H4325	of water	water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
5	לְהַשְׁק֣וֹת	H8248	to water	to quaff, i.e., (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to
6	מֵהֶ֔ם	H1992		they (only used when emphatic)
7	יַ֖עַר	H3293	therewith the wood	a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
8	צוֹמֵ֥חַ	H6779	that bringeth forth	to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
9	עֵצִֽים׃	H6086	trees	a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

Ecclesiastes 2:6 (current)I made me pools of water to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees