Ecclesiastes 4:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?”

Ecclesiastes 4:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 4:119 words

HebrewMeaning

גַּ֛םgam

againparticleH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

אִםʾim

(andconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

יִשְׁכְּב֥וּyišəkəbw

cast downverbH7901

at all · lay · lie (down · down to sleep ···

שְׁנַ֖יִםšənayim

bothadjH8147

couple · double · second · twain ···

וְ/חַ֣םwəḥam

enflame selfconjH2552

get heat · be hot · (be · wax) warm (self ···

לָ/הֶ֑םlāhem

pron

וּ/לְ/אֶחָ֖דwləʾeḥād

aconjH259

alike · alone · altogether · and ···

אֵ֥יךְʾēykə

howparticleH349

what

יֵחָֽםyēḥām

get heatverbH3179

be hot · conceive · be warm

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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