Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 3:21 Interlinear

Who knoweth and the spirit of man that goeth upward and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1מִ֣יH4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
2יוֹדֵ֗עַH3045Who knowethto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
3וְר֙וּחַ֙H7307and the spiritwind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
4בְּנֵ֣יH1121of mana son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
5הָאָדָ֔םH120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
6הָעֹלָ֥הH5927that goethto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
7הִ֖יאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
8לְמָ֑עְלָהH4605upwardproperly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
9וְר֙וּחַ֙H7307and the spiritwind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
10הַבְּהֵמָ֔הH929of the beastproperly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
11הַיֹּרֶ֥דֶתH3381that goethto descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
12הִ֖יאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
13לְמַ֥טָּהH4295downwarddownward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes
14לָאָֽרֶץ׃H776to the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Verse Context

Ecclesiastes 3:20 All go place unto one ...
Ecclesiastes 3:21 (current) Who knoweth and the spirit of man that goeth upward and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth
Ecclesiastes 3:22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better should rejoice...

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