“And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.”
Ecclesiastes 7:26 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 7:2621 words
HebrewMeaning
וּ/מוֹצֶ֨אwmwōṣeʾ
and was findingconjH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
אֲנִ֜יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
מַ֣רmar
bitteradjH4751
angry · -ness) · chafed · discontented ···
מִ/מָּ֗וֶתmimāwet
more than deathpronH4194
death · die
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָֽ/אִשָּׁה֙hāʾišāh
the womanparticleH802
each · every · female · many ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הִ֨יאhiyʾ
sheprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
מְצוֹדִ֧יםməṣwōdiym
is snaresnounH4685
hold · munition · net · snare
וַ/חֲרָמִ֛יםwaḥărāmiym
and is netsconjH2764
-d thing) · dedicated thing · things which should have been utterly destroyed · utter destruction ···
לִבָּ֖/הּlibāh
heart hernounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
אֲסוּרִ֣יםʾăswriym
are fettersnounH612
prison
יָדֶ֑י/הָyādeyhā
hands hernounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
ט֞וֹבṭwōb
a person goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לִ/פְנֵ֤יlipənēy
beforepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
הָ/אֱלֹהִים֙hāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
יִמָּלֵ֣טyimālēṭ
he escapesverbH4422
escape · lay · leap out · let alone ···
מִמֶּ֔/נָּהmimenāh
from herpronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
וְ/חוֹטֵ֖אwəḥwōṭēʾ
and a sinnerconjH2398
cleanse · commit · by fault · harm he hath done ···
יִלָּ֥כֶדyilāked
he is capturedverbH3920
at all · be frozen · be holden · stick together ···
בָּֽ/הּbāh
pron
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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