Ecclesiastes 6:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?”

Ecclesiastes 6:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 6:812 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֛יkiy

forconjH3588

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

מַהmah

what?particleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

יּוֹתֵ֥רywōtēr

advantagenounH3148

more · over · profit

לֶ/חָכָ֖םleḥākām

belongs to the wise personpronH2450

subtil · wise · man)

מִֽןmin

more thanpronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

הַ/כְּסִ֑ילhakəsiyl

the foolparticleH3684

מַהmah

what?particleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

לֶּ/עָנִ֣יleʿāniy

belongs to the poor personpronH6041

humble · lowly · needy · poor

יוֹדֵ֔עַywōdēʿa

who knowsverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

לַ/הֲלֹ֖ךְlahălōkə

to walkpronH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

נֶ֥גֶדneged

beforepronH5048

against · aloof · far · from ···

הַ/חַיִּֽיםhaḥayiym

the livingparticleH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

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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