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Ecclesiastes 8:2 — King James Version← Study notes

I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.


Ecclesiastes 8:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 8:28 words
HebrewMeaning
אֲנִי֙ʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
פִּיpiy
the mouth ofnounH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
מֶ֣לֶךְmelekə
a kingnounH4428
royal
שְׁמ֔וֹרšəmwōr
keepverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
וְ/עַ֕לwəʿal
and onconjH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
דִּבְרַ֖תdibərat
the cause ofnounH1700
end · estate · order · regard
שְׁבוּעַ֥תšəbwʿat
the oath ofnounH7621
oath · sworn
אֱלֹהִֽיםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
Words 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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