Ecclesiastes 1:16
I — I spake with my heart, saying, 'I, lo, I have magnified and added wisdom above every one who hath been before me at Jerusalem, and my heart hath seen abundantly wisdom and knowledge.This verse in the real world
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- גָּדַלgâdalto be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also
- חׇכְמָהchokmâhwisdom (in a good sense)
- יָסַףyâçaphto add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
- רָבָהrâbâhto increase (in whatever respect)
- לֵבlêbthe heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the in
- יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
- דָבַרdâbarperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a des
- רָאָהrâʼâhto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitiv
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Ecc 2:9, 1Ki 4:30, 1Ki 10:7, 2Ch 2:12, 1Ki 3:12–13, 2Ch 1:10–12, Psa 4:4, Heb 5:14