Ecclesiastes 9:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.”

Ecclesiastes 9:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 9:515 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֧יkiy

andconjH3588

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

הַֽ/חַיִּ֛יםhaḥayiym

aliveparticleH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

יוֹדְעִ֖יםywōdəʿiym

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

שֶׁ/יָּמֻ֑תוּšeyāmutw

dead (bodyparticleH4191

at all · crying · man · one) ···

וְ/הַ/מֵּתִ֞יםwəhamētiym

dead (bodyconjH4191

at all · crying · man · one) ···

אֵינָ֧/םʾēynām

elseparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

יוֹדְעִ֣יםywōdəʿiym

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

מְא֗וּמָהməʾwmāh

faultnounH3972

no · ought · somewhat · any thing

וְ/אֵֽיןwəʾēyn

elseconjH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

ע֤וֹדʿwōd

againadvH5750

all life long · at all · besides · but ···

לָ/הֶם֙lāhem

pron

שָׂכָ֔רśākār

hirenounH7939

price · reward · wages · worth

כִּ֥יkiy

andconjH3588

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

נִשְׁכַּ֖חnišəkaḥ

forgetverbH7911

at all

זִכְרָֽ/םzikərām

memorialnounH2143

memory · remembrance · scent

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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