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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1קָנִ֙יתִי֙H7069I gotto erect, i.e., create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
2עֲבָדִ֣יםH5650me servantsa servant
3וּשְׁפָח֔וֹתH8198and maidensa female slave (as a member of the household)
4וּבְנֵיH1121and had servants borna son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
5בַ֖יִתH1004in my housea house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
6הָ֣יָהH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
7לִ֑יH0
8גַּ֣םH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
9מִקְנֶה֩H4735possessionssomething bought, i.e., property, but only live stock; abstractly, acquisition
10בָקָ֨רH1241of greata beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
11וָצֹ֤אןH6629and small cattlea collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
12הַרְבֵּה֙H7235also I had greatto increase (in whatever respect)
13הָ֣יָהH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
14לִ֔יH0
15מִכֹּ֛לH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
16שֶֽׁהָי֥וּH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
17לְפָנַ֖יH6440beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
18בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃H3389above all that were in Jerusalemjerushalaim 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...

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