Ecclesiastes 7:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.”

Ecclesiastes 7:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 7:1015 words

HebrewMeaning

אַלʾal

nayparticleH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תֹּאמַר֙tōʾmar

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

מֶ֣הmeh

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

הָיָ֔הhāyāh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

שֶׁ֤/הַ/יָּמִים֙šehayāmiym

dayparticleH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

הָ/רִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםhāriʾšōniym

ancestorparticleH7223

before · beginning · eldest · first ···

הָי֥וּhāyw

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

טוֹבִ֖יםṭwōbiym

beautifuladjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

מֵ/אֵ֑לֶּהmēʾēleh

an- other; one sortpronH428

so · some · such · them ···

כִּ֛יkiy

andconjH3588

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

לֹ֥אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

מֵ/חָכְמָ֖הmēḥākəmāh

skilfulpronH2451

wisdom · wisely · wit

שָׁאַ֥לְתָּšāʾalətā

ask (counselverbH7592

on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

זֶֽהzeh

heprepH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

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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