Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 6:9 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Ecclesiastes 6:9, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire this is also vanity and vexation of spirit”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ט֛וֹב | H2896 | Better | 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 |
| 2 | מַרְאֵ֥ה | H4758 | is the sight | a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), |
| 3 | עֵינַ֖יִם | H5869 | of the eyes | an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
| 4 | מֵֽהֲלָךְ | H1980 | than the wandering | to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) |
| 5 | נָ֑פֶשׁ | H5315 | of the desire | properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment |
| 6 | גַּם | H1571 | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | |
| 7 | זֶ֥ה | H2088 | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | |
| 8 | הֶ֖בֶל | H1892 | this is also vanity | emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb |
| 9 | וּרְע֥וּת | H7469 | and vexation | a feeding upon, i.e., grasping after |
| 10 | רֽוּחַ׃ | H7307 | of spirit | wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the |
Verse Context
Ecclesiastes 6:8 more For what hath the wise than the fool...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 (current)Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire this is also vanity and vexation of spirit
Ecclesiastes 6:10 already That which hath been is named and it is known...