Ecclesiastes 3:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;”

Ecclesiastes 3:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 3:511 words

HebrewMeaning

עֵ֚תʿēt

waysnounH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

לְ/הַשְׁלִ֣יךְləhašəliykə

adventurepronH7993

cast (away · down · forth · off ···

אֲבָנִ֔יםʾăbāniym

(chalk-nounH68

carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···

וְ/עֵ֖תwəʿēt

waysconjH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

כְּנ֣וֹסkənwōs

gatherverbH3664

heap up · wrap self

אֲבָנִ֑יםʾăbāniym

(chalk-nounH68

carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···

עֵ֣תʿēt

waysnounH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

לַ/חֲב֔וֹקlaḥăbwōq

embracepronH2263

fold

וְ/עֵ֖תwəʿēt

waysconjH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

לִ/רְחֹ֥קlirəḥōq

(a-pronH7368

be · cast · drive · get ···

מֵ/חַבֵּֽקmēḥabēq

embracepronH2263

fold

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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