Ecclesiastes 2:12 Go deeper

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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. (KJV)

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וּפָנִ֤יתִֽיu.fa.Ni.tiand I turned

Lemma: פָּנָה (pa.nah) · Strong's: H6437G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqq1cs)

Meaning: to turn

Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 18:22, Genesis 24:31, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 24:63, Exodus 2:12, Exodus 7:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6437G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:12 word 1

אֲנִי֙'a.NiI

Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)

Meaning: I

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:12 word 2

לִרְא֣וֹתlir.'otto consider

Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200H

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

Meaning: to see: examine

Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 42:1, Exodus 33:13, Judges 6:22, Judges 18:26, 1 Samuel 10:14, 1 Samuel 12:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7200H; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:12 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 2:12 word 4

וְהוֹלֵל֖וֹתve.ho.le.Lotand madness

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

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

Meaning: madness

Used 4 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 1:17, Ecclesiastes 7:25, Ecclesiastes 9:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1947; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:12 word 5

וְסִכְל֑וּתve.sikh.Lutand folly

Lemma: סִכְלוּת (sikh.lut) · Strong's: H5531B

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

Meaning: folly

Used 6 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 2:3, Ecclesiastes 2:13, Ecclesiastes 7:25, Ecclesiastes 10:1, Ecclesiastes 10:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5531B; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:12 word 6

כִּ֣י\׀kifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:12 word 7

מֶ֣הmehwhat?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:12 word 8

הָאָדָ֗םha.'a.Dam[is] the person

Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: man

Used 529 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0120G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:12 word 9

שֶׁיָּבוֹא֙shei.ya.Vo'who <he >will come

Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to come (in): come

Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:12 word 10

אַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.Reiafter

Lemma: אַחַר (a.char) · Strong's: H0310A

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HAcmpc)

Meaning: after

Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0310A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:12 word 11

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe king

Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: king

Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:12 word 12

אֵ֥ת'et<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:12 word 13

אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-[that] which

Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A

Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)

Meaning: which

Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:12 word 14

כְּבָ֖רke.Varalready

Lemma: כְּבָר (ke.var) · Strong's: H3528

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: already

Used 9 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 1:10, Ecclesiastes 2:16, Ecclesiastes 3:15, Ecclesiastes 4:2, Ecclesiastes 6:10, Ecclesiastes 9:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3528; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:12 word 15

עָשֽׂוּהוּ\׃'a.Su.hupeople have done it

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to make: do

Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:12 word 16

How the BSB renders it

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

Then I	→	אֲנִי H0589 I
turned	→	פָּנָה H6437G to turn
to consider	→	רָאָה H7200H to see: examine
wisdom	→	חׇכְמָה H2451 wisdom
and madness	→	הוֹלֵלָה H1947 madness
and folly	→	סִכְלוּת H5531B folly
for	→	כִּי H3588A for
what [more]	→	מָה H4100 what?
can the king’s	→	מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king
successor	→	בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come
. . .	→	אַחַר H0310A after
do	→	אֲשֶׁר H0834A which
than what has already	→	כְּבָר H3528 already
been accomplished	→	עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do

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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