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Ecclesiastes 4:1 — King James Version← Study notes

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.


Ecclesiastes 4:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 4:122 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/שַׁ֣בְתִּֽיwəšabətiy
((breakconjH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אֲנִ֗יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
וָ/אֶרְאֶה֙wāʾerəʾeh
advise selfconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ֣/עֲשֻׁקִ֔יםhāʿăšuqiym
oppressedparticleH6217
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
נַעֲשִׂ֖יםnaʿăśiym
accomplishverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
תַּ֣חַתtaḥat
aspronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הַ/שָּׁ֑מֶשׁhašāmeš
sunparticleH8121
east side · west · window. See also
וְ/הִנֵּ֣הwəhinēh
beholdconjH2009
lo · see
דִּמְעַ֣תdiməʿat
tearsnounH1832
הָ/עֲשֻׁקִ֗יםhāʿăšuqiym
oppressedparticleH6217
וְ/אֵ֤יןwəʾēyn
elseconjH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
לָ/הֶם֙lāhem
pron
מְנַחֵ֔םmənaḥēm
comfortverbH5162
ease · repent(-er · -ing · self)
וּ/מִ/יַּ֤דwmiyad
handconjH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
עֹֽשְׁקֵי/הֶם֙ʿōšəqēyhem
get deceitfullyverbH6231
deceive · defraud · drink up · oppress ···
כֹּ֔חַkōḥa
abilitynounH3581
able · chameleon · force · fruits ···
וְ/אֵ֥יןwəʾēyn
elseconjH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
לָ/הֶ֖םlāhem
pron
מְנַחֵֽםmənaḥēm
comfortverbH5162
ease · repent(-er · -ing · self)
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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