Ecclesiastes 5:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.”

Ecclesiastes 5:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 5:315 words

HebrewMeaning

כַּ/אֲשֶׁר֩kaʾăšer

whenpronH834

after · alike · because · every ···

תִּדֹּ֨רtidōr

you will vowverbH5087

נֶ֜דֶרneder

a vownounH5088

לֵֽ/אלֹהִ֗יםlēʾlōhiym

to GodpronH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

אַלʾal

may notparticleH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תְּאַחֵר֙təʾaḥēr

you delayverbH309

defer · delay · hinder · be late ···

לְ/שַׁלְּמ֔/וֹləšaləmwō

to pay itpronH7999

end · finish · full · give again ···

כִּ֛יkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אֵ֥יןʾēyn

there notparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

חֵ֖פֶץḥēpeṣ

is pleasurenounH2656

delight · desire · things desired · matter ···

בַּ/כְּסִילִ֑יםbakəsiyliym

in foolspronH3684

אֵ֥תʾēt

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

אֲשֶׁרʾăšer

that whichparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

תִּדֹּ֖רtidōr

you will vowverbH5087

שַׁלֵּֽםšalēm

payverbH7999

end · finish · full · give again ···

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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