Ecclesiastes 6:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.”

Ecclesiastes 6:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 6:1016 words

HebrewMeaning

מַהmah

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

שֶּֽׁ/הָיָ֗הšehāyāh

beaconparticleH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

כְּבָר֙kəbār

alreadyadvH3528

now

נִקְרָ֣אniqərāʾ

bewrayverbH7121

that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···

שְׁמ֔/וֹšəmwō

famenounH8034

base · named · renown · report

וְ/נוֹדָ֖עwənwōdāʿ

acknowledgeconjH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

אֲשֶׁרʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

ה֣וּאhwʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

אָדָ֑םʾādām

man (meannounH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יוּכַ֣לywkal

be ableverbH3201

any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···

לָ/דִ֔יןlādiyn

with a straight coursepronH1777

עִ֥םʿim

accompanyingpronH5973

against · and · as · before ···

ש/התקיףšhtqyp

prevailparticleH8630

שֶׁ/תַּקִּ֖יףšetaqiyp

mightierparticleH8623

מִמֶּֽ/נּוּmimenw

abovepronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

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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