Ecclesiastes 8:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?”

Ecclesiastes 8:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 8:49 words

HebrewMeaning

בַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥רbaʾăšer

aspronH834

after · alike · because · every ···

דְּבַרdəbar

wordnounH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

מֶ֖לֶךְmelekə

kingnounH4428

royal

שִׁלְט֑וֹןšiləṭwōn

powernounH7983

וּ/מִ֥יwmiy

anyconjH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

יֹֽאמַרyōʾmar

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

ל֖/וֹlwō

pron

מַֽהmah

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

תַּעֲשֶֽׂהtaʿăśeh

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

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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