Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 2:7 Interlinear
“I got me servants and maidens and had servants born in my house possessions of great and small cattle also I had great before above all that were in Jerusalem”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | קָנִ֙יתִי֙ | H7069 | I got | to erect, i.e., create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own |
| 2 | עֲבָדִ֣ים | H5650 | me servants | a servant |
| 3 | וּשְׁפָח֔וֹת | H8198 | and maidens | a female slave (as a member of the household) |
| 4 | וּבְנֵי | H1121 | and had servants born | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 5 | בַ֖יִת | H1004 | in my house | a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) |
| 6 | הָ֣יָה | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 7 | לִ֑י | H0 | ||
| 8 | גַּ֣ם | H1571 | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | |
| 9 | מִקְנֶה֩ | H4735 | possessions | something bought, i.e., property, but only live stock; abstractly, acquisition |
| 10 | בָקָ֨ר | H1241 | of great | a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd |
| 11 | וָצֹ֤אן | H6629 | and small cattle | a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men) |
| 12 | הַרְבֵּה֙ | H7235 | also I had great | to increase (in whatever respect) |
| 13 | הָ֣יָה | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 14 | לִ֔י | H0 | ||
| 15 | מִכֹּ֛ל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 16 | שֶֽׁהָי֥וּ | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 17 | לְפָנַ֖י | H6440 | before | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
| 18 | בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | H3389 | above all that were in Jerusalem | jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine |
Verse Context
Ecclesiastes 2:6I made me pools of water to water ...
Ecclesiastes 2:7 (current)I got me servants and maidens and had servants born in my house possessions of great and small cattle also I had great before above all that were in Jerusalem
Ecclesiastes 2:8I gathered me also silver and gold and the peculiar...