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Ecclesiastes 2:9 Interlinear

“So I was great and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem also my wisdom remained ”

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Ecclesiastes 2 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְגָדַ֣לְתִּי	H1431	So I was great	to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
2	וְהוֹסַ֔פְתִּי	H3254	and increased	to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
3	מִכֹּ֛ל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
4	שֶׁהָיָ֥ה	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
5	לְפָנַ֖י	H6440	more than all that were 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
6	בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	H3389	me in Jerusalem	jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine
7	אַ֥ף	H637		meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
8	חָכְמָתִ֖י	H2451	also my wisdom	wisdom (in a good sense)
9	עָ֥מְדָה	H5975	remained	to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
10	לִּֽי׃	H0

Ecclesiastes 2:9 (current)So I was great and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem also my wisdom remained