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Ecclesiastes 5:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.


Ecclesiastes 5:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 5:122 words
HebrewMeaning
אַלʾal
nayparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תְּבַהֵ֨לtəbahēl
be affrighted (afraidverbH926
amazed · dismayed · rash) · (be ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פִּ֜י/ךָpiykā
mouthnounH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
וְ/לִבְּ/ךָ֧wəlibəkā
heartconjH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
אַלʾal
nayparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
יְמַהֵ֛רyəmahēr
be carried headlongverbH4116
fearful · (cause to make · in · make) haste(-n ···
לְ/הוֹצִ֥יאləhwōṣiyʾ
appearpronH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
דָבָ֖רdābār
wordnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
לִ/פְנֵ֣יlipənēy
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
כִּ֣יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֤יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
בַּ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙bašāmayim
heavenpronH8064
astrologer · heaven
וְ/אַתָּ֣הwəʾatāh
theeconjH859
thou · ye · you
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/אָ֔רֶץhāʾāreṣ
earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
עַֽלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כֵּ֛ןkēn
-wardparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
יִהְי֥וּyihəyw
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
דְבָרֶ֖י/ךָdəbāreykā
wordnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
מְעַטִּֽיםməʿaṭiym
almost (someadjH4592
very) few(-er · -est) · lightly · little ···
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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