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Ecclesiastes 2:12
🇮🇱 BIBLICAL HEBREW

📖 King James Version

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.

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# Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Translation Definition
1 וּ/פָנִ֤יתִֽי פָּנָה H6437 HC/Vqp1cs פָּנָה a primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.: appear, at (even-)tide, behold, cast out, come on, X corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-)turn (aside, away, back, face, self), X right (early).
2 אֲנִי֙ אָ֫נִי H589 HPp1cs אָ֫נִי contracted from אָנֹכִי; I: I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, X which, X who.
3 לִ/רְא֣וֹת רָאָה H7200 HR/Vqc רָאָה a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative): advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
4 חָכְמָ֔ה חָכְמָה H2451 HNcfsa חָכְמָה from חָכַם; wisdom (in a good sense): skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
5 וְ/הוֹלֵל֖וֹת הוֹלֵלוֹת H1947 HC/Ncfpa הוֹלֵלוֹת feminine active participle of הָלַל; folly: madness.
6 וְ/סִכְל֑וּת סִכְלוּת H5531 HC/Ncfsa סִכְלוּת or sikluwth (Eccl. 1:17); from סָכַל; silliness: folly, foolishness.
7 כִּ֣י כִּי H3588 HC כִּי a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed: and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-)as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-)though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
8 מֶ֣ה מָה H4100 HTi מָה or mah; or ma; or ma; also meh; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses: how (long, oft, (- soever)), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
9 הָ/אָדָ֗ם אָדָם H120 HTd/Ncmsa אָדָם from אָדַם; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.): X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
10 שֶׁ/יָּבוֹא֙ בּוֹא H935 HTr/Vqi3ms בּוֹא a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications): abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
11 אַחֲרֵ֣י אַחַר H310 HR אַחַר from אָחַר; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses): after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
12 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ מֶ֫לֶך H4428 HTd/Ncmsa מֶ֫לֶך from מָלַך; a king: king, royal.
13 אֵ֥ת אוֹת H853 HTo אוֹת apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely): (as such unrepresented in English).
14 אֲשֶׁר אֲשֶׁר H834 HTr אֲשֶׁר a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.: X after, X alike, as (soon as), because, X every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), X if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), X though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
15 כְּבָ֖ר כְּבָר H3528 HD כְּבָר from כָּבַר; properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto: already, (seeing that which), now.
16 עָשֽׂוּ/הוּ עָשָׂה H6213 HVqp3cp/Sp3ms עָשָׂה a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows): accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.