Ecclesiastes 1:17 Go deeper

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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. (KJV)

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וָאֶתְּנָ֤הva.'e.te.Nahand I gave !

Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)

Meaning: to give: put

Used 395 times. Also: Genesis 1:17, Genesis 9:13, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 18:8, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5414H; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:17 word 1

לִבִּי֙li.Biheart my

Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: heart

Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:17 word 2

לָדַ֣עַתla.Da.'atto know

Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to know

Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:17 word 3

חָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahwisdom

Lemma: חׇכְמָה (chokh.mah) · Strong's: H2451

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: wisdom

Used 153 times. Also: Exodus 28:3, Exodus 31:3, Exodus 31:6, Exodus 35:26, Exodus 35:31, Exodus 35:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2451; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:17 word 4

וְדַ֥עַתve.Da.'atand to know

Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: to know

Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:17 word 5

הוֹלֵל֖וֹתho.le.Lotmadness

Lemma: הוֹלֵלָה (ho.le.lah) · Strong's: H1947

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: madness

Used 4 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 2:12, Ecclesiastes 7:25, Ecclesiastes 9:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1947; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:17 word 6

וְשִׂכְל֑וּתve.sikh.Lutand folly

Lemma: שִׂכְלוּת (sikh.lut) · Strong's: H5531A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: folly

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5531A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:17 word 7

יָדַ֕עְתִּיya.Da'.tiI knew

Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to know

Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:17 word 8

שֶׁגַּם\־she.gam-that also

Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: also

Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:17 word 9

זֶ֥הzehthis

Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088

Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)

Meaning: this

Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:17 word 10

ה֖וּאhu'it

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:17 word 11

רַעְי֥וֹןra'.Yon[is] a striving of

Lemma: רַעְיוֹן (ra.yon) · Strong's: H7475

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: striving

Used 3 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 2:22, Ecclesiastes 4:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7475; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:17 word 12

רֽוּחַ\׃Ru.achwind

Lemma: רוּחַ (ru.ach) · Strong's: H7307H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: spirit: breath

Used 145 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:15, Genesis 7:22, Genesis 8:1, Exodus 10:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7307H; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:17 word 13

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

So I set	→	נָתַן H5414H to give: put
my mind	→	לֵב H3820A heart
to know	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
wisdom	→	חׇכְמָה H2451 wisdom
[and]	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
madness	→	הוֹלֵלָה H1947 madness
and folly	→	שִׂכְלוּת H5531A folly
I learned	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
that	→	זֶה H2088 this
this	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
too	→	גַּם H1571 also
is a pursuit	→	רַעְיוֹן H7475 striving
of the wind	→	רוּחַ H7307H spirit: breath

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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