Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 8:11 Interlinear

in them to do Because sentence work against an evil speedily is fully set therefore the heart of the sons of men in them to do against an evil

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1אֲשֶׁר֙H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
2אֵיןH369a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
3לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתH6213in them to doto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
4פִתְגָ֔םH6599Because sentencea (judicial) sentence
5מַעֲשֵׂ֥הH4639workan action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
6רָֽע׃H7451against an evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
7מְהֵרָ֑הH4120speedilyproperly, a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptly
8עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
9כֵּ֡ןH3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
10מָלֵ֞אH4390is fully setto fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
11לֵ֧בH3820therefore the heartthe heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
12בְּֽנֵיH1121of the sonsa son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
13הָאָדָ֛םH120of menruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
14בָּהֶ֖םH0
15לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתH6213in them to doto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
16רָֽע׃H7451against an evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

Verse Context

Ecclesiastes 8:10And so I saw the wicked buried who had come from the place...
Ecclesiastes 8:11 (current) in them to do Because sentence work against an evil speedily is fully set therefore the heart of the sons of men in them to do against an evil
Ecclesiastes 8:12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times and his days be prolonged...

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