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Ecclesiastes 4:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.


Ecclesiastes 4:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 4:317 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/טוֹב֙wəṭwōb
beautifulconjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
מִ/שְּׁנֵי/הֶ֔םmišənēyhem
bothpronH8147
couple · double · second · twain ···
אֵ֥תʾēt
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
עֲדֶ֖ןʿăden
yetadvH5728
לֹ֣אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הָיָ֑הhāyāh
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
רָאָה֙rāʾāh
advise selfverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/מַּעֲשֶׂ֣הhamaʿăśeh
actparticleH4639
art · bakemeat · business · deed ···
הָ/רָ֔עhārāʿ
adversityparticleH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
נַעֲשָׂ֖הnaʿăśāh
accomplishverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
תַּ֥חַתtaḥat
aspronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁhašāmeš
sunparticleH8121
east side · west · window. See also
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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