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Ecclesiastes 7:17 — King James Version← Study notes

Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?


Ecclesiastes 7:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 7:1710 words
HebrewMeaning
אַלʾal
nayparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּרְשַׁ֥עtirəšaʿ
condemnverbH7561
make trouble · vex · be (commit · deal ···
הַרְבֵּ֖הharəbēh
abundanceverbH7235
archer (by mistake for
וְ/אַלwəʾal
nayconjH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תְּהִ֣יtəhiy
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
סָכָ֑לsākāl
foolnounH5530
sottish
לָ֥/מָּהlāmāh
how (longpronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תָמ֖וּתtāmwt
dead (bodyverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
בְּ/לֹ֥אbəlōʾ
erepronH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
עִתֶּֽ/ךָʿitekā
waysnounH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
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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