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Ecclesiastes 5:11 — King James Version← Study notes

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?


Ecclesiastes 5:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 5:1114 words
HebrewMeaning
מְתוּקָה֙mətwqāh
sweet(-eradjH4966
-ness)
שְׁנַ֣תšənat
sleepnounH8142
הָ/עֹבֵ֔דhāʿōbēd
keep in bondageparticleH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
מְעַ֥טməʿaṭ
almost (somenounH4592
very) few(-er · -est) · lightly · little ···
וְ/אִםwəʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
הַרְבֵּ֖הharəbēh
abundanceverbH7235
archer (by mistake for
יֹאכֵ֑לyōʾkēl
burn upverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
וְ/הַ/שָּׂבָע֙wəhaśābāʿ
abundanceconjH7647
plenteous(-ness · -ly)
לֶֽ/עָשִׁ֔ירleʿāšiyr
richpronH6223
אֵינֶ֛/נּוּʾēynenw
elseparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
מַנִּ֥יחַֽmaniyḥa
bestowverbH3240
cast down · lay (down · up) · leave ···
ל֖/וֹlwō
pron
לִ/ישֽׁוֹןliyšwōn
oldpronH3462
remain long · sleep
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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