Ecclesiastes 7:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.”

Ecclesiastes 7:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 7:117 words

HebrewMeaning

טוֹבָ֥הṭwōbāh

is goodadjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

חָכְמָ֖הḥākəmāh

wisdomnounH2451

wisdom · wisely · wit

עִֽםʿim

withpronH5973

against · and · as · before ···

נַחֲלָ֑הnaḥălāh

an inheritancenounH5159

to inherit · inheritance · possession. Compare

וְ/יֹתֵ֖רwəyōtēr

and is an advantageconjH3148

more · over · profit

לְ/רֹאֵ֥יlərōʾēy

to those who seepronH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

הַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁhašāmeš

the sunparticleH8121

east side · west · window. See also

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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