“If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.”
Ecclesiastes 6:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 6:325 words
HebrewMeaning
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
יוֹלִ֣ידywōliyd
he will fatherverbH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
anyonenounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
מֵאָ֡הmēʾāh
one hundred childrenadjH3967
-th) · sixscore
וְ/שָׁנִים֩wəšāniym
and yearsconjH8141
whole age · long · old
רַבּ֨וֹתrabwōt
manyadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
יִֽחְיֶ֜הyiḥəyeh
he will liveverbH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
וְ/רַ֣בwərab
and will be manyconjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
שֶׁ/יִּהְי֣וּšeyihəyw
that which will beparticleH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
יְמֵֽיyəmēy
the days ofnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
שָׁנָ֗י/וšānāyw
years hisnounH8141
whole age · long · old
וְ/נַפְשׁ/וֹ֙wənapəšwō
and self hisconjH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תִשְׂבַּ֣עtiśəbaʿ
it will be satisfiedverbH7646
fill (full · self · with) · be full ···
מִןmin
frompronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הַ/טּוֹבָ֔הhaṭwōbāh
the goodparticleH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
וְ/גַםwəgam
and alsoconjH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
קְבוּרָ֖הqəbwrāh
burialnounH6900
burying place · grave · sepulchre
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הָ֣יְתָהhāyətāh
it belongedverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לּ֑/וֹlwō
pron
אָמַ֕רְתִּיʾāmarətiy
I sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
ט֥וֹבṭwōb
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
מִמֶּ֖/נּוּmimenw
more than himpronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הַ/נָּֽפֶלhanāpel
the miscarriageparticleH5309
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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