Ecclesiastes 9:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.”

Ecclesiastes 9:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 9:1517 words

HebrewMeaning

וּ/מָ֣צָאwmāṣāʾ

befallconjH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

בָ֗/הּbāh

pron

אִ֤ישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

מִסְכֵּן֙misəkēn

pooradjH4542

חָכָ֔םḥākām

cunningadjH2450

subtil · wise · man)

וּ/מִלַּטwmilaṭ

deliverconjH4422

escape · lay · leap out · let alone ···

ה֥וּאhwʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הָ/עִ֖ירhāʿiyr

AiparticleH5892

city · court · town

בְּ/חָכְמָת֑/וֹbəḥākəmātwō

skilfulpronH2451

wisdom · wisely · wit

וְ/אָדָם֙wəʾādām

man (meanconjH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

זָכַ֔רzākar

be maleverbH2142

burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הָ/אִ֥ישׁhāʾiyš

manparticleH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

הַ/מִּסְכֵּ֖ןhamisəkēn

poorparticleH4542

הַ/הּֽוּאhahwʾ

heparticleH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

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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