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Ecclesiastes 5:14 — King James Version← Study notes

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.


Ecclesiastes 5:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 5:1414 words
HebrewMeaning
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֤רkaʾăšer
aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יָצָא֙yāṣāʾ
appearverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
מִ/בֶּ֣טֶןmibeṭen
bellypronH990
body · as they be born · within · womb
אִמּ֔/וֹʾimwō
damnounH517
mother · parting
עָר֛וֹםʿārwōm
nakedadjH6174
יָשׁ֥וּבyāšwb
((breakverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
לָ/לֶ֖כֶתlāleket
awaypronH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
כְּ/שֶׁ/בָּ֑אkəšebāʾ
abidepronH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
וּ/מְא֨וּמָה֙wməʾwmāh
faultconjH3972
no · ought · somewhat · any thing
לֹאlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִשָּׂ֣אyiśāʾ
acceptverbH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
בַ/עֲמָל֔/וֹbaʿămālwō
grievancepronH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
שֶׁ/יֹּלֵ֖ךְšeyōlēkə
awayparticleH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
בְּ/יָדֽ/וֹbəyādwō
handpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
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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