Ecclesiastes 10:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.”
Ecclesiastes 10:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 10:2021 words
HebrewMeaning
גַּ֣םgam
againparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
בְּ/מַדָּֽעֲ/ךָ֗bəmadāʿăkā
knowledgepronH4093
science · thought
מֶ֚לֶךְmelekə
kingnounH4428
royal
אַלʾal
nayparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תְּקַלֵּ֔לtəqalēl
abateverbH7043
make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···
וּ/בְ/חַדְרֵי֙wbəḥadərēy
inner) chamberconjH2315
innermost part · parlour · south · within
מִשְׁכָּ֣בְ/ךָ֔mišəkābəkā
bednounH4904
couch · lieth with
אַלʾal
nayparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תְּקַלֵּ֖לtəqalēl
abateverbH7043
make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···
עָשִׁ֑ירʿāšiyr
richadjH6223
כִּ֣יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
ע֤וֹףʿwōp
birdnounH5775
that flieth · flying · fowl
הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙hašāmayim
heavenparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
יוֹלִ֣יךְywōliykə
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/קּ֔וֹלhaqwōl
bleatingparticleH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
וּ/בַ֥עַלwbaʿal
captainconjH1167
archer · babbler · bird · chief man ···
ה/כנפיםhknpym
borderparticleH3671
bird · corner · end · feather ···
כְּנָפַ֖יִםkənāpayim
bordernounH3671
bird · corner · end · feather ···
יַגֵּ֥ידyagēyd
bewrayverbH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
דָּבָֽרdābār
wordnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
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.