Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 4:8 Interlinear
“There is one alone and there is not a second yea he hath neither child nor brother yet is there no end of all his labour neither is his eye satisfied with riches neither saith he For whom do I labour and bereave my soul of good This is also vanity travail yea it is a sore ”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | יֵ֣שׁ | H3426 | There is | there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection) |
| 2 | אֶחָד֩ | H259 | one | properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first |
| 3 | וְאֵ֨ין | H369 | a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle | |
| 4 | שֵׁנִ֜י | H8145 | alone and there is not a second | properly, double, i.e., second; also adverbially, again |
| 5 | גַּ֣ם | H1571 | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | |
| 6 | בֵּ֧ן | H1121 | yea he hath neither child | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 7 | וָאָ֣ח | H251 | nor brother | a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001]) |
| 8 | אֵֽין | H369 | a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle | |
| 9 | ל֗וֹ | H0 | ||
| 10 | וְאֵ֥ין | H369 | a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle | |
| 11 | קֵץ֙ | H7093 | yet is there no end | an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after |
| 12 | לְכָל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 13 | עֲמָל֔וֹ | H5999 | of all his labour | toil, i.e., wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind |
| 14 | גַּם | H1571 | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | |
| 15 | עֵינ֖יוֹ | H5869 | neither is his eye | an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
| 16 | לֹא | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 17 | תִשְׂבַּ֣ע | H7646 | satisfied | to sate, i.e., fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively) |
| 18 | עֹ֑שֶׁר | H6239 | with riches | wealth |
| 19 | וּלְמִ֣י׀ | H4310 | who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix | |
| 20 | אֲנִ֣י | H589 | i | |
| 21 | עָמֵ֗ל | H6001 | neither saith he For whom do I labour | toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful |
| 22 | וּמְחַסֵּ֤ר | H2637 | and bereave | to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen |
| 23 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 24 | נַפְשִׁי֙ | H5315 | my soul | properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment |
| 25 | מִטּוֹבָ֔ה | H2896 | of good | good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good |
| 26 | גַּם | H1571 | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | |
| 27 | זֶ֥ה | H2088 | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | |
| 28 | הֶ֛בֶל | H1892 | This is also vanity | emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb |
| 29 | וְעִנְיַ֥ן | H6045 | travail | ado, i.e., (generally) employment or (specifically) an affair |
| 30 | רָ֖ע | H7451 | yea it is a sore | bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) |
| 31 | הֽוּא׃ | H1931 | he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo |
Verse Context
Ecclesiastes 4:7Then I returned and I saw vanity under the sun...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 (current)There is one alone and there is not a second yea he hath neither child nor brother yet is there no end of all his labour neither is his eye satisfied with riches neither saith he For whom do I labour and bereave my soul of good This is also vanity travail yea it is a sore
Ecclesiastes 4:9a good Two than one because they have...