Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #278907

OSHB Ecc 2:15 חָכַמְתִּי (ḩākamtī) Strongs=2449 Lemma=‘חָכַם’
contextual word gloss=‘have_I_become_wise’ word gloss=‘wise’
Morphology=Vqp1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular
Year=-977

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Only use of identical word form ‘חָכַמְתִּי’ (Morphology=Vqp1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חָכַמְתִּי’ (Morphology=Vqp1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘have_I_become_wise’.

ECC 2:15 contextual word gloss=‘have_I_become_wise’ word gloss=‘wise’ OSHB ECC 2:15 word 10

OET-LV: 15 And_I _said I in_heart _of_my like_the _fate _of the _fool also me it_will _happen _to _me and_for_what have _I _become _wise I then excessively and_I _said in_heart _of_my (cmp)_also this is_futility. (ECC_2:15)

OET-RV: 15 I said to myself, “The fool’s end will also come to me,
⇔ so what use was it being so wise back then?”
⇔ Then I told myself that that also is pointless, (ECC 2:15)