Ecclesiastes 7:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“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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