Ecclesiastes 2:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּנַ֤סְתִּי לִי֙ גַּם־כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֔ב וּסְגֻלַּ֥ת מְלָכִ֖ים וְהַמְּדִינ֑וֹת עָשִׂ֨יתִי לִ֜י שָׁרִ֣ים וְשָׁר֗וֹת וְתַעֲנוּגֹ֛ת בְּנֵ֥י הָאָדָ֖ם שִׁדָּ֥ה וְשִׁדּֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

kānastî for me also keseph and zāhāb and sĕgullat mĕlākîm and hammĕdînôt; ʿāśîtî for me shārîm and shārôt and taʿănûgōt bĕnê hāʾādām shiddāh wĕshiddôt.

Grammar Details

• *kānastî*: perfect, 1st singular - I gathered/collected
• *keseph*: masculine singular noun - silver
• *zāhāb*: masculine singular noun - gold
• *sĕgullat*: feminine singular construct - treasure of
• *mĕlākîm*: masculine plural noun - kings
• *hammĕdînôt*: definite article + feminine plural noun - the provinces
• *ʿāśîtî*: perfect, 1st singular - I acquired/made
• *shārîm*: masculine plural noun - singers/musicians
• *shārôt*: feminine plural noun - female singers/musicians
• *taʿănûgōt*: feminine plural noun - delights/luxuries
• *bĕnê hāʾādām*: construct + definite article + noun - sons of man/mankind
• *shiddāh wĕshiddôt*: feminine singular + waw + feminine plural - concubine(s)/musical instrument(s)

Word Meanings

• *kānastî*: I gathered/collected/amassed
• *keseph wĕzāhāb*: silver and gold/money and precious metal
• *sĕgullat*: treasure/property/valued possession
• *hammĕdînôt*: the provinces/territories/districts
• *shārîm wĕshārôt*: male and female singers/musicians/entertainers
• *taʿănûgōt*: delights/pleasures/luxuries
• *shiddāh wĕshiddôt*: uncertain term - possibly 'concubine(s)/musical instrument(s)/chest(s)/goblet(s)'

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 10:10 : 10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
• 2 Sam 19:35 : 35 I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
• 1 Kgs 9:28 : 28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
• 1 Kgs 10:14 : 14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
• 1 Kgs 10:21 : 21 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
• 1 Kgs 14:21-22 : 21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
• 1 Kgs 14:27 : 27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.
• 1 Chr 25:1 : 1 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
• 1 Chr 25:6 : 6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
• 2 Chr 9:11 : 11 And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
• 2 Chr 9:15-21 : 15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. 16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays: 19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom. 20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
• Ezra 2:65 : 65 Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
• Job 21:11-12 : 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
• Ps 150:3-5 : 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. 5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
• Dan 3:5 : 5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
• Dan 3:7 : 7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
• Dan 3:15 : 15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
• Amos 6:5 : 5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
• 1 Kgs 9:14 : 14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.