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Ecclesiastes 10:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.”

Ecclesiastes 10:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 10:67 words
HebrewMeaning
נִתַּ֣ןnitan
addverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
הַ/סֶּ֔כֶלhasekel
follyparticleH5529
בַּ/מְּרוֹמִ֖יםbamərwōmiym
abovepronH4791
dignity · haughty · height · (most ···
רַבִּ֑יםrabiym
abound(-undanceadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
וַ/עֲשִׁירִ֖יםwaʿăšiyriym
richconjH6223
בַּ/שֵּׁ֥פֶלbašēpel
low estatepronH8216
יֵשֵֽׁבוּyēšēbw
abideverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
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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