Ecclesiastes 5:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.”

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 5:1310 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/אָבַ֛דwəʾābad

breakconjH6

destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···

הָ/עֹ֥שֶׁרhāʿōšer

richesparticleH6239

far

הַ/ה֖וּאhahwʾ

heparticleH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

בְּ/עִנְיַ֣ןbəʿinəyan

businesspronH6045

travail

רָ֑עrāʿ

adversityadjH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

וְ/הוֹלִ֣ידwəhwōliyd

bearconjH3205

beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···

בֵּ֔ןbēn

sonnounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

וְ/אֵ֥יןwəʾēyn

elseconjH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

בְּ/יָד֖/וֹbəyādwō

handpronH3027

about · armholes · at · axletree ···

מְאֽוּמָהməʾwmāh

faultnounH3972

no · ought · somewhat · any thing

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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