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Ecclesiastes 2:13
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📖 King James Version

Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

🔤 Interlinear Analysis — Hebrew (BDB)

# Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Translation Definition
1 וְ/רָאִ֣יתִי רָאָה H7200 HC/Vqp1cs 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.
2 אָ֔נִי אָ֫נִי H589 HPp1cs אָ֫נִי contracted from אָנֹכִי; I: I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, X which, X who.
3 שֶׁ/יֵּ֥שׁ יֵשׁ H3426 HTr/Tm יֵשׁ perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (הָיָה); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection): (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
4 יִתְר֛וֹן יִתְרוֹן H3504 HNcmsa יִתְרוֹן from יָתַר; preeminence, gain: better, excellency(-leth), profit(-able).
5 לַֽ/חָכְמָ֖ה חָכְמָה H2451 HRd/Ncfsa חָכְמָה from חָכַם; wisdom (in a good sense): skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
6 מִן מִן H4480 HR מִן or minniy; or minney (constructive plural); (Isaiah 30:11); for מִנִּים; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses (as follows): above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, X neither, X nor, (out) of, over, since, X then, through, X whether, with.
7 הַ/סִּכְל֑וּת סִכְלוּת H5531 HTd/Ncfsa סִכְלוּת or sikluwth (Eccl. 1:17); from סָכַל; silliness: folly, foolishness.
8 כִּֽ/יתְר֥וֹן יִתְרוֹן H3504 HR/Ncmsc יִתְרוֹן from יָתַר; preeminence, gain: better, excellency(-leth), profit(-able).
9 הָ/א֖וֹר אוֹר H216 HTd/Ncbsa אוֹר from אוֹר; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.): bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
10 מִן מִן H4480 HR מִן or minniy; or minney (constructive plural); (Isaiah 30:11); for מִנִּים; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses (as follows): above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, X neither, X nor, (out) of, over, since, X then, through, X whether, with.
11 הַ/חֹֽשֶׁךְ חֹ֫שֶׁך H2822 HTd/Ncmsa חֹ֫שֶׁך from חָשַׁך; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.