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Ecclesiastes 5:12 — King James Version← Study notes

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 5:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 5:1210 words
HebrewMeaning
יֵ֚שׁyēš
areparticleH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
רָעָ֣הrāʿāh
adversitynounH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
חוֹלָ֔הḥwōlāh
beseechverbH2470
diseased · grief · be grieved · grievous ···
רָאִ֖יתִיrāʾiytiy
advise selfverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
תַּ֣חַתtaḥat
aspronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הַ/שָּׁ֑מֶשׁhašāmeš
sunparticleH8121
east side · west · window. See also
עֹ֛שֶׁרʿōšer
richesnounH6239
far
שָׁמ֥וּרšāmwr
bewardverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
לִ/בְעָלָ֖י/וlibəʿālāyw
captainpronH1167
archer · babbler · bird · chief man ···
לְ/רָעָתֽ/וֹlərāʿātwō
adversitypronH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
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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