“Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.”
Ecclesiastes 4:13 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 4:1312 words
HebrewMeaning
ט֛וֹבṭwōb
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
יֶ֥לֶדyeled
a youthnounH3206
child · fruit · son · young man
מִסְכֵּ֖ןmisəkēn
pooradjH4542
וְ/חָכָ֑םwəḥākām
and wiseconjH2450
subtil · wise · man)
מִ/מֶּ֤לֶךְmimelekə
more than a kingpronH4428
royal
זָקֵן֙zāqēn
oldadjH2205
ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···
וּ/כְסִ֔ילwkəsiyl
and a foolconjH3684
אֲשֶׁ֛רʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָדַ֥עyādaʿ
he knowsverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
לְ/הִזָּהֵ֖רləhizāhēr
to be warnedpronH2094
shine · teach · warn
עֽוֹדʿwōd
stilladvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
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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