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Ecclesiastes 2:17
“Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׂנֵאsânêʼ · saw-nay'
H8130 · Hebrew
H8130 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to hate (personally)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- שָׂנֵ֨אתִי֙ — verb Qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 148 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 24:60Genesis 26:27Genesis 29:31Genesis 29:33Genesis 37:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׂנֵא here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.