Ecclesiastes 10:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.”

Ecclesiastes 10:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 10:88 words

HebrewMeaning

חֹפֵ֥רḥōpēr

digverbH2658

paw · search out · seek

גּוּמָּ֖ץgwmāṣ

pitnounH1475

בּ֣/וֹbwō

pron

יִפּ֑וֹלyipwōl

be acceptedverbH5307

cast (down · self · out) · cease ···

וּ/פֹרֵ֥ץwpōrēṣ

breachconjH6555

abroad · break (away · down · -er ···

גָּדֵ֖רgādēr

fencenounH1447

hedge · wall

יִשְּׁכֶ֥/נּוּyišəkenw

biteverbH5391

lend upon usury

נָחָֽשׁnāḥāš

serpentnounH5175

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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