“Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.”
Ecclesiastes 7:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 7:89 words
HebrewMeaning
ט֛וֹבṭwōb
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
אַחֲרִ֥יתʾaḥăriyt
the end ofnounH319
latter) end · hinder -most · length · posterity ···
דָּבָ֖רdābār
a matternounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
מֵֽ/רֵאשִׁית֑/וֹmērēʾšiytwō
more than beginning itspronH7225
chief · first(-fruits · part · time) ···
ט֥וֹבṭwōb
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
אֶֽרֶךְʾerekə
a person patient ofadjH750
-winged) · patient · slow
ר֖וּחַrwḥa
spiritnounH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
מִ/גְּבַהּmigəbah
highpronH1362
proud
רֽוּחַrwḥa
spiritnounH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
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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