Iאֲנִיspokeדִּבַּרְתִּיwith my heart,עִם לִבִּיsaying,לֵאמֹר“I,אֲנִיlook,הִנֵּהhave become greatהִגְדַּלְתִּיand have increasedוְהוֹסַפְתִּיwisdomחָכְמָהbeyond allעַל כָּלwhoאֲשֶׁרwereהָיָהbefore meלְפָנַיover Jerusalem;עַל יְרוּשָׁלִָםand my heartוְלִבִּיhas seenרָאָהmuchהַרְבֵּהwisdomחָכְמָהand knowledge.”וָדָעַת
Ecclesiastes 1:16
Study it in the app“I spoke with my heart, saying, “I, look, have become great and have increased wisdom beyond all who were before me over Jerusalem; and my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 1:16, word by word
- spokeדִּבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears- with my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- have become greatהִגְדַּלְתִּיhigdalti
make great
To give someone importance; do wonderful deeds.
Where else “higdalti” appears- and have increasedהוֹסַפְתִּיhosafti
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “hosafti” appears- wisdomחָכְמָהchachma
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachma” appears- wereהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- before meפָנַfana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appears- over Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- has seenרָאָהraa
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raa” appears- muchהַרְבֵּהharbe
greatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “harbe” appears- and knowledgeדָעַתdaat
knowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “daat” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
15What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
16 · This verse (above)
17And I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and witlessness; I knew that this also is striving after wind.