Ecclesiastes 7:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.”

Ecclesiastes 7:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 7:1816 words

HebrewMeaning

ט֚וֹבṭwōb

beautifuladjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

תֶּאֱחֹ֣זteʾĕḥōz

barverbH270

be affrighted · (catch · lay · take) hold ···

בָּ/זֶ֔הbāzeh

hepronH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

וְ/גַםwəgam

againconjH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

מִ/זֶּ֖הmizeh

hepronH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

אַלʾal

nayparticleH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תַּנַּ֣חtanaḥ

bestowverbH3240

cast down · lay (down · up) · leave ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

יָדֶ֑/ךָyādekā

handnounH3027

about · armholes · at · axletree ···

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

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

יְרֵ֥אyərēʾ

afraidadjH3373

fear

אֱלֹהִ֖יםʾĕlōhiym

GodnounH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

יֵצֵ֥אyēṣēʾ

appearverbH3318

after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

כֻּלָּֽ/םkulām

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

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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