“Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.”
Ecclesiastes 5:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 5:523 words
HebrewMeaning
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּתֵּ֤ןtitēn
you permitverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
פִּ֨י/ךָ֙piykā
mouth yournounH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
לַ/חֲטִ֣יאlaḥăṭiyʾ
to cause to sinpronH2398
cleanse · commit · by fault · harm he hath done ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בְּשָׂרֶ֔/ךָbəśārekā
flesh yournounH1320
(fat · lean) flesh · kin · kind ···
וְ/אַלwəʾal
and may notconjH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תֹּאמַר֙tōʾmar
you sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לִ/פְנֵ֣יlipənēy
beforepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
הַ/מַּלְאָ֔ךְhamaləʾākə
the messengerparticleH4397
angel · king · messenger
כִּ֥יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
שְׁגָגָ֖הšəgāgāh
was inadvertencenounH7684
ignorance · at unawares; unwittingly
הִ֑יאhiyʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
לָ֣/מָּהlāmāh
why?pronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
יִקְצֹ֤ףyiqəṣōp
will he be angryverbH7107
displease · fret self · wrath · be wroth
הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙hāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
עַלʿal
towardspronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
קוֹלֶ֔/ךָqwōlekā
voice yournounH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
וְ/חִבֵּ֖לwəḥibēl
and he will destroyconjH2254
at all · bring forth · corrupt · destroy ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
מַעֲשֵׂ֥הmaʿăśēh
the work ofnounH4639
art · bakemeat · business · deed ···
יָדֶֽי/ךָyādeykā
hands yournounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
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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