The Meaning of Ecclesiastes 7:27 Explained

Ecclesiastes 7:27

KJV: Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:

YLT: See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason

Darby: See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, searching one by one to find out the reason;

ASV: Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Behold,  this have I found,  saith  the preacher,  [counting] one  by one,  to find out  the account: 

What does Ecclesiastes 7:27 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ecclesiastes 7

1  remedies against vanity are, a good name
2  mortification
7  patience
11  wisdom
23  The difficulty of wisdom

What do the individual words in Ecclesiastes 7:27 mean?

Here is this [that] I have found says the Teacher [Adding] one [thing] to the [other] one to find out the reason
רְאֵה֙ זֶ֣ה מָצָ֔אתִי אָמְרָ֖ה קֹהֶ֑לֶת אַחַ֥ת לְאַחַ֖ת לִמְצֹ֥א חֶשְׁבּֽוֹן

רְאֵה֙  Here  is 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
זֶ֣ה  this  [that] 
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
מָצָ֔אתִי  I  have  found 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: מָצָא  
Sense: to find, attain to.
אָמְרָ֖ה  says 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
קֹהֶ֑לֶת  the  Teacher 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹהֶלֶת  
Sense: collector (of sentences), preacher, public speaker, speaker in an assembly, Qoheleth.
אַחַ֥ת  [Adding]  one  [thing] 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
לְאַחַ֖ת  to  the  [other]  one 
Parse: Preposition-l, Number, feminine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
לִמְצֹ֥א  to  find  out 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: מָצָא  
Sense: to find, attain to.
חֶשְׁבּֽוֹן  the  reason 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֶשְׁבֹּון  
Sense: account, reasoning, reckoning.

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