Ecclesiastes 7:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.”

Ecclesiastes 7:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 7:99 words

HebrewMeaning

אַלʾal

nayparticleH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תְּבַהֵ֥לtəbahēl

be affrighted (afraidverbH926

amazed · dismayed · rash) · (be ···

בְּ/רֽוּחֲ/ךָ֖bərwḥăkā

airpronH7307

anger · blast · breath · cool ···

לִ/כְע֑וֹסlikəʿwōs

be angrypronH3707

be grieved · take indignation · provoke (to anger · unto wrath) ···

כִּ֣יkiy

andconjH3588

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

כַ֔עַסkaʿas

angernounH3708

angry · grief · indignation · provocation ···

בְּ/חֵ֥יקbəḥēyq

bosompronH2436

bottom · lap · midst · within

כְּסִילִ֖יםkəsiyliym

fooladjH3684

יָנֽוּחַyānwḥa

ceaseverbH5117

be confederate · lay · let down · quiet ···

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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