Ecclesiastes 10:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.”

Ecclesiastes 10:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 10:79 words

HebrewMeaning

רָאִ֥יתִיrāʾiytiy

advise selfverbH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

עֲבָדִ֖יםʿăbādiym

bondmannounH5650

bondage · servant · servant

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

סוּסִ֑יםswsiym

cranenounH5483

horse (-back · -hoof). Compare

וְ/שָׂרִ֛יםwəśāriym

captainconjH8269

chief · general · governor · keeper ···

הֹלְכִ֥יםhōləkiym

alongverbH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

כַּ/עֲבָדִ֖יםkaʿăbādiym

bondmanpronH5650

bondage · servant · servant

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

הָ/אָֽרֶץhāʾāreṣ

earthparticleH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

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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