Ecclesiastes 2:13 Hebrew Text Analysis

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Text Analysis

Strong's	Hebrew	English	Morphology
7200 [e]	וְרָאִ֣יתִי wə-rā-’î-ṯî	And saw	Conj-w \| V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs
589 [e]	אָ֔נִי ’ā-nî,	I	Pro-1cs
3426 [e]	שֶׁיֵּ֥שׁ še-yêš	that	Pro-r \| Adv
3504 [e]	יִתְר֛וֹן yiṯ-rō-wn	excels	N-ms
2451 [e]	לַֽחָכְמָ֖ה la-ḥā-ḵə-māh	wisdom	Prep-l, Art \| N-fs
4480 [e]	מִן־ min-	from	Prep
5531 [e]	הַסִּכְל֑וּת has-siḵ-lūṯ;	folly	Art \| N-fs
3504 [e]	כִּֽיתְר֥וֹן kî-ṯə-rō-wn	as excels	Prep-k \| N-msc
216 [e]	הָא֖וֹר hā-’ō-wr	light	Art \| N-cs
4480 [e]	מִן־ min-	from	Prep
2822 [e]	הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ ha-ḥō-šeḵ.	darkness	Art \| N-ms

Hebrew Texts

Ecclesiastes 2:13 Hebrew Study Bible (Apostolic / Interlinear)

וְרָאִ֣יתִי אָ֔נִי שֶׁיֵּ֥שׁ יִתְרֹ֛ון לַֽחָכְמָ֖ה מִן־ הַסִּכְל֑וּת כִּֽיתְרֹ֥ון הָאֹ֖ור מִן־ הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

KJV with Strong's
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly as far as light excelleth darkness

קהלת 2:13 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
וְרָאִ֣יתִי אָ֔נִי שֶׁיֵּ֥שׁ יִתְרֹ֛ון לַֽחָכְמָ֖ה מִן־הַסִּכְל֑וּת כִּֽיתְרֹ֥ון הָאֹ֖ור מִן־הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

קהלת 2:13 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
וראיתי אני שיש יתרון לחכמה מן־הסכלות כיתרון האור מן־החשך׃

קהלת 2:13 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
וראיתי אני שיש יתרון לחכמה מן־הסכלות כיתרון האור מן־החשך׃

קהלת 2:13 Hebrew Bible
וראיתי אני שיש יתרון לחכמה מן הסכלות כיתרון האור מן החשך׃

Additional Parallel Hebrew

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible
And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And I realized that there is an advantage to wisdom over folly, like the advantage of light over darkness.

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i saw

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that wisdom excelleth folly or that there is an excellency in wisdom more than in folly

light

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