“Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.”
Ecclesiastes 9:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 9:1611 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אָמַ֣רְתִּיwəʾāmarətiy
and I saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אָ֔נִיʾāniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
טוֹבָ֥הṭwōbāh
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
חָכְמָ֖הḥākəmāh
wisdomnounH2451
wisdom · wisely · wit
מִ/גְּבוּרָ֑הmigəbwrāh
more than strengthpronH1369
mastery · might · mighty (act · power) ···
וְ/חָכְמַ֤תwəḥākəmat
and the wisdom ofconjH2451
wisdom · wisely · wit
הַ/מִּסְכֵּן֙hamisəkēn
the poor personparticleH4542
בְּזוּיָ֔הbəzwyāh
is despisedverbH959
disdain · contemn · think to scorn · vile person
וּ/דְבָרָ֖י/וwdəbārāyw
and words hisconjH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
אֵינָ֥/םʾēynām
not theyparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
נִשְׁמָעִֽיםnišəmāʿiym
are listened toverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
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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