Ecclesiastes 10:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.”

Ecclesiastes 10:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 10:1013 words

HebrewMeaning

אִםʾim

(andconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

קֵהָ֣הqēhāh

be set on edgeverbH6949

be blunt

הַ/בַּרְזֶ֗לhabarəzel

headparticleH1270

iron

וְ/הוּא֙wəhwʾ

heconjH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

לֹאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

פָנִ֣יםpāniym

a- forenounH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

קִלְקַ֔לqiləqal

abateverbH7043

make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···

וַ/חֲיָלִ֖יםwaḥăyāliym

ableconjH2428

activity · army · band of men · company ···

יְגַבֵּ֑רyəgabēr

exceedverbH1396

confirm · be great · be mighty · prevail ···

וְ/יִתְר֥וֹןwəyitərwōn

betterconjH3504

excellency · profit

הכשירhkšyr

directverbH3787

be right · prosper

הַכְשֵׁ֖רhakəšēr

directverbH3787

be right · prosper

חָכְמָֽהḥākəmāh

skilfulnounH2451

wisdom · wisely · wit

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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