“There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:”
Ecclesiastes 9:14 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 9:1415 words
HebrewMeaning
עִ֣ירʿiyr
a citynounH5892
city · court · town
קְטַנָּ֔הqəṭanāh
smalladjH6996
less · little · small(-est · one ···
וַ/אֲנָשִׁ֥יםwaʾănāšiym
manconjH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
בָּ֖/הּbāh
pron
מְעָ֑טməʿāṭ
were fewnounH4592
very) few(-er · -est) · lightly · little ···
וּ/בָֽאwbāʾ
and he cameconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֵלֶ֜י/הָʾēleyhā
against itpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מֶ֤לֶךְmelekə
a kingnounH4428
royal
גָּדוֹל֙gādwōl
greatadjH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
וְ/סָבַ֣בwəsābab
and he surroundedconjH5437
cast · fetch · lead · make ···
אֹתָ֔/הּʾōtāh
itparticleH853
וּ/בָנָ֥הwbānāh
and he builtconjH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
עָלֶ֖י/הָʿāleyhā
on itpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מְצוֹדִ֥יםməṣwōdiym
siege worksnounH4685
hold · munition · net · snare
גְּדֹלִֽיםgədōliym
greatadjH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
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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