Ecclesiastes 10:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:”

Ecclesiastes 10:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 10:59 words

HebrewMeaning

יֵ֣שׁyēš

areparticleH3426

(he · it · shall · there ···

רָעָ֔הrāʿāh

adversitynounH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

רָאִ֖יתִיrāʾiytiy

advise selfverbH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

תַּ֣חַתtaḥat

aspronH8478

beneath · flat · in · place ···

הַ/שָּׁ֑מֶשׁhašāmeš

sunparticleH8121

east side · west · window. See also

כִּ/שְׁגָגָ֕הkišəgāgāh

errorpronH7684

ignorance · at unawares; unwittingly

שֶׁ/יֹּצָ֖אšeyōṣāʾ

appearparticleH3318

after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···

מִ/לִּ/פְנֵ֥יmilipənēy

a- forepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

הַ/שַּׁלִּֽיטhašaliyṭ

governorparticleH7989

mighty · that hath power · ruler

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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