Ecclesiastes 2:3
I explored in my heart how to gratify my desires with wine. I let my mind guide me with wisdom although I was still holding on to folly. I wanted to find out what is good for people to do under heaven during the days of their lives.This verse in the real world
In what words
- סִכְלוּתçiklûwthsilliness
- תּוּרtûwrto meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitring
- נָהַגnâhagto drive forth (a person, an animal or chariot), i.e. lead, carry away; reflexively, to pr
- מָשַׁךְmâshakto draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong,
- אָחַזʼâchazto seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
- מִסְפָּרmiçpâra number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (
- יַיִןyayinwine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
- חׇכְמָהchokmâhwisdom (in a good sense)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.