“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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