“Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?”
Ecclesiastes 7:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 7:1710 words
HebrewMeaning
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּרְשַׁ֥עtirəšaʿ
you be wickedverbH7561
make trouble · vex · be (commit · deal ···
הַרְבֵּ֖הharəbēh
greatlyverbH7235
archer (by mistake for
וְ/אַלwəʾal
and may notconjH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תְּהִ֣יtəhiy
you beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
סָכָ֑לsākāl
a foolnounH5530
sottish
לָ֥/מָּהlāmāh
why?pronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תָמ֖וּתtāmwt
will you dieverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
בְּ/לֹ֥אbəlōʾ
at notpronH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
עִתֶּֽ/ךָʿitekā
time yournounH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
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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