“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 5:11 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 5:1114 words
HebrewMeaning
מְתוּקָה֙mətwqāh
is sweetadjH4966
-ness)
שְׁנַ֣תšənat
the sleep ofnounH8142
הָ/עֹבֵ֔דhāʿōbēd
the laborerparticleH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
אִםʾim
whetherconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
מְעַ֥טməʿaṭ
a littlenounH4592
very) few(-er · -est) · lightly · little ···
וְ/אִםwəʾim
and orconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
הַרְבֵּ֖הharəbēh
surely muchverbH7235
archer (by mistake for
יֹאכֵ֑לyōʾkēl
he will eatverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
וְ/הַ/שָּׂבָע֙wəhaśābāʿ
and the plentyconjH7647
plenteous(-ness · -ly)
לֶֽ/עָשִׁ֔ירleʿāšiyr
of the rich personpronH6223
אֵינֶ֛/נּוּʾēynenw
not itparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
מַנִּ֥יחַֽmaniyḥa
bestowverbH3240
cast down · lay (down · up) · leave ···
ל֖/וֹlwō
pron
לִ/ישֽׁוֹןliyšwōn
to sleeppronH3462
remain long · sleep
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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