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Ecclesiastes 4:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.


Ecclesiastes 4:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 4:212 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/שַׁבֵּ֧חַwəšabēḥa
commendconjH7623
glory · keep in · praise · still ···
אֲנִ֛יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/מֵּתִ֖יםhamētiym
dead (bodyparticleH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
שֶׁ/כְּבָ֣רšekəbār
alreadyparticleH3528
now
מֵ֑תוּmētw
dead (bodyverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
מִןmin
abovepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הַ֣/חַיִּ֔יםhaḥayiym
aliveparticleH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
אֲשֶׁ֛רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הֵ֥מָּהhēmāh
itprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
חַיִּ֖יםḥayiym
aliveadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
עֲדֶֽנָ/הʿădenāh
yetadvH5728
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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