Bible › Ecclesiastes › Chapter 7 › Verse 16 › Interlinear “Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?”
Ecclesiastes 7:16 — Hebrew Interlinear Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 7:16 9 words
Hebrew Meaning
אַל ʾal
may not particle H408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תְּהִ֤י təhiy
you be verb H1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
צַדִּיק֙ ṣadiyq
righteous adj H6662
lawful · righteous
הַרְבֵּ֔ה harəbēh
greatly verb H7235
archer (by mistake for
וְ/אַל wəʾal
and may not conj H408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּתְחַכַּ֖ם titəḥakam
you make yourself wise verb H2449
exceeding · be (make self · shew self) wise · deal wisely ···
יוֹתֵ֑ר ywōtēr
excess noun H3148
more · over · profit
לָ֖/מָּה lāmāh
why? pron H4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תִּשּׁוֹמֵֽם tišwōmēm
will you destroy yourself verb H8074
be astonied · astonish · (be · bring into ···
ℹ Words 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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