Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 2:12

¹²Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then I	אֲנִי֙	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
turned	וּפָנִ֤יתִֽי	ū·p̄ā·nî·ṯî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H6437 turn
to consider	לִרְא֣וֹת	lir·’ō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7200 see
wisdom	חָכְמָ֔ה	ḥāḵ·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H2451 wisdom
and madness	וְהוֹלֵל֖וֹת	wə·hō·w·lê·lō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural	H1947 madness
and folly	וְסִכְל֑וּת	wə·siḵ·lūṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H5531 folly
for	כִּ֣י׀	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
what	מֶ֣ה	meh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
can the king’s	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
successor	שֶׁיָּבוֹא֙	še·yā·ḇō·w	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
do	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
than what has already	כְּבָ֖ר	kə·ḇār	Adverb	H3528 already
been accomplished	עָשֽׂוּהוּ׃	‘ā·śū·hū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural; third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.