Ecclesiastes 9:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.”

Ecclesiastes 9:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 9:418 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

מִי֙miy

anyparticleH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

יבחרybḥr

acceptableverbH977

appoint · choose · excellent · join ···

יְחֻבַּ֔רyəḥubar

charmverbH2266

be compact · couple · have fellowship with · heap up ···

אֶ֥לʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הַ/חַיִּ֖יםhaḥayiym

aliveparticleH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

יֵ֣שׁyēš

areparticleH3426

(he · it · shall · there ···

בִּטָּח֑וֹןbiṭāḥwōn

confidencenounH986

hope

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

לְ/כֶ֤לֶבləkeleb

dogpronH3611

חַי֙ḥay

aliveadjH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

ה֣וּאhwʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

ט֔וֹבṭwōb

beautifuladjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

מִןmin

abovepronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

הָ/אַרְיֵ֖הhāʾarəyēh

lionparticleH738

pierce

הַ/מֵּֽתhamēt

dead (bodyparticleH4191

at all · crying · man · one) ···

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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