Ecclesiastes 10:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!”

Ecclesiastes 10:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 10:1711 words

HebrewMeaning

אַשְׁרֵ֣י/ךְʾašərēykə

blessednounH835

happy

אֶ֔רֶץʾereṣ

earthnounH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

שֶׁ/מַּלְכֵּ֖/ךְšemaləkēkə

kingparticleH4428

royal

בֶּןben

sonnounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

חוֹרִ֑יםḥwōriym

noblenounH2715

וְ/שָׂרַ֨יִ/ךְ֙wəśārayikə

captainconjH8269

chief · general · governor · keeper ···

בָּ/עֵ֣תbāʿēt

wayspronH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

יֹאכֵ֔לוּyōʾkēlw

burn upverbH398

at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···

בִּ/גְבוּרָ֖הbigəbwrāh

forcepronH1369

mastery · might · mighty (act · power) ···

וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

בַ/שְּׁתִֽיbašətiy

drunkennesspronH8358

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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