“Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.”
Ecclesiastes 4:2 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 4:212 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/שַׁבֵּ֧חַwəšabēḥa
and I congratulatedconjH7623
glory · keep in · praise · still ···
אֲנִ֛יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/מֵּתִ֖יםhamētiym
the deadparticleH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
שֶׁ/כְּבָ֣רšekəbār
who alreadyparticleH3528
now
מֵ֑תוּmētw
they had diedverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
מִןmin
more thanpronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הַ֣/חַיִּ֔יםhaḥayiym
the livingparticleH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
אֲשֶׁ֛רʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הֵ֥מָּהhēmāh
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
חַיִּ֖יםḥayiym
were aliveadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
עֲדֶֽנָ/הʿădenāh
stilladvH5728
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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