Ecclesiastes 1:17
5414 [e]   17
wā·’et·tə·nāh   17
וָאֶתְּנָ֤ה   17
And I set   17
Conj‑w | V‑Qal‑ConsecImperf‑1cs | 3fs   17
3820 [e]
lib·bî
לִבִּי֙
my heart
N‑msc | 1cs
3045 [e]
lā·ḏa·‘aṯ
לָדַ֣עַת
to know
Prep‑l | V‑Qal‑Inf
  
 

 
 
 2451 [e]
ḥāḵ·māh
חָכְמָ֔ה
wisdom
N‑fs
3045 [e]
wə·ḏa·‘aṯ
וְדַ֥עַת
and to know
Conj‑w | V‑Qal‑Inf
1947 [e]
hō·w·lê·lō·wṯ
הוֹלֵל֖וֹת
madness
N‑fp
  
 

 
 
 5531 [e]
wə·śiḵ·lūṯ;
וְשִׂכְל֑וּת
and folly
Conj‑w | N‑fs
3045 [e]
yā·ḏa‘·tî
יָדַ֕עְתִּי
I perceived
V‑Qal‑Perf‑1cs
1571 [e]
šeg·gam-
שֶׁגַּם־
that also
Pro‑r | Conj
2088 [e]
zeh
זֶ֥ה
this
Pro‑ms
1931 [e]

ה֖וּא
is
Pro‑3ms
7475 [e]
ra‘·yō·wn
רַעְי֥וֹן
grasping for
N‑msc
  
 
.
 
 
 7307 [e]
rū·aḥ.
רֽוּחַ׃
the wind
N‑cs


















Parallel Strong's
Holman Christian Standard Bible
I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.

New American Standard Bible
And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.

King James Bible
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
So I dedicated myself to learn about wisdom and knowledge, and about insanity and foolishness. And I discovered that this is also like chasing after the wind.

American Standard Version
And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

Young's Literal Translation
And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this is vexation of spirit;
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