Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 5:17 Interlinear

“ All his days in darkness also he eateth sorrow and he hath much with his sickness and wrath”

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Ecclesiastes 5 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	גַּ֥ם	H1571		properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
2	כָּל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
3	יָמָ֖יו	H3117	All his days	a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
4	בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ	H2822	in darkness	the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
5	יֹאכֵ֑ל	H398	also he eateth	to eat (literally or figuratively)
6	וְכָעַ֥ס	H3707	sorrow	to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
7	הַרְבֵּ֖ה	H7235	and he hath much	to increase (in whatever respect)
8	וְחָלְי֥וֹ	H2483	with his sickness	malady, anxiety, calamity
9	וָקָֽצֶף׃	H7110	and wrath	a splinter (as chipped off)

Ecclesiastes 5:17 (current) All his days in darkness also he eateth sorrow and he hath much with his sickness and wrath