“The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.”
Ecclesiastes 5:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 5:1210 words
HebrewMeaning
יֵ֚שׁyēš
thereparticleH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
רָעָ֣הrāʿāh
is an evilnounH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
חוֹלָ֔הḥwōlāh
severeverbH2470
diseased · grief · be grieved · grievous ···
רָאִ֖יתִיrāʾiytiy
which I have seenverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
תַּ֣חַתtaḥat
underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הַ/שָּׁ֑מֶשׁhašāmeš
the sunparticleH8121
east side · west · window. See also
עֹ֛שֶׁרʿōšer
wealthnounH6239
far
שָׁמ֥וּרšāmwr
was being keptverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
לִ/בְעָלָ֖י/וlibəʿālāyw
by owner itspronH1167
archer · babbler · bird · chief man ···
לְ/רָעָתֽ/וֹlərāʿātwō
to harm hispronH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
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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