“Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.”
Ecclesiastes 4:6 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 4:69 words
HebrewMeaning
ט֕וֹבṭwōb
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
מְלֹ֥אməlōʾ
fullness ofnounH4393
all along · all that is in · full · fulness ···
כַ֖ףkap
hand ofnounH3709
foot · hand · -dle · ) ···
נָ֑חַתnāḥat
quietnessnounH5183
quiet · to rest · be set on
מִ/מְּלֹ֥אmiməlōʾ
more than the fullness ofpronH4393
all along · all that is in · full · fulness ···
חָפְנַ֛יִםḥāpənayim
two handsnounH2651
hands · hand
עָמָ֖לʿāmāl
toilnounH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
וּ/רְע֥וּתwrəʿwt
and striving ofconjH7469
רֽוּחַrwḥa
windnounH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
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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