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Ecclesiastes 3:4 — King James Version← Study notes

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;


Ecclesiastes 3:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 3:48 words
HebrewMeaning
עֵ֤תʿēt
waysnounH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
לִ/בְכּוֹת֙libəkwōt
bewailpronH1058
at all · complain · make lamentation · more ···
וְ/עֵ֣תwəʿēt
waysconjH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
לִ/שְׂח֔וֹקliśəḥwōq
deridepronH7832
have in derision · laugh · make merry · mock ···
עֵ֥תʿēt
waysnounH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
סְפ֖וֹדsəpwōd
lamentverbH5594
mourn · wail
וְ/עֵ֥תwəʿēt
waysconjH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
רְקֽוֹדrəqwōd
danceverbH7540
jump · leap · skip
Words 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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