Ecclesiastes 3:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;”

Ecclesiastes 3:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 3:78 words

HebrewMeaning

עֵ֤תʿēt

waysnounH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

לִ/קְר֨וֹעַ֙liqərwōʿa

cut outpronH7167

rend · surely · tear

וְ/עֵ֣תwəʿēt

waysconjH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

לִ/תְפּ֔וֹרlitəpwōr

sewpronH8609

עֵ֥תʿēt

waysnounH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

לַ/חֲשׁ֖וֹתlaḥăšwōt

hold peacepronH2814

keep silence · be silent · still

וְ/עֵ֥תwəʿēt

waysconjH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

לְ/דַבֵּֽרlədabēr

answerpronH1696

appoint · bid · command · commune ···

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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