“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
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מִי֙miy
who?particleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
is the one whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יבחרybḥr
acceptableverbH977
appoint · choose · excellent · join ···
יְחֻבַּ֔רyəḥubar
charmverbH2266
be compact · couple · have fellowship with · heap up ···
אֶ֥לʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/חַיִּ֖יםhaḥayiym
the livingparticleH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
יֵ֣שׁyēš
thereparticleH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
בִּטָּח֑וֹןbiṭāḥwōn
is hopenounH986
hope
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לְ/כֶ֤לֶבləkeleb
to a dogpronH3611
חַי֙ḥay
livingadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
ה֣וּאhwʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
ט֔וֹבṭwōb
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
מִןmin
more thanpronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הָ/אַרְיֵ֖הhāʾarəyēh
the lionparticleH738
pierce
הַ/מֵּֽתhamēt
deadparticleH4191
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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