“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
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הַֽ/חַיִּ֛יםhaḥayiym
the livingparticleH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
יוֹדְעִ֖יםywōdəʿiym
are knowingverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
שֶׁ/יָּמֻ֑תוּšeyāmutw
that they will dieparticleH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
וְ/הַ/מֵּתִ֞יםwəhamētiym
and the deadconjH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
אֵינָ֧/םʾēynām
not theyparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
יוֹדְעִ֣יםywōdəʿiym
are knowingverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
מְא֗וּמָהməʾwmāh
anythingnounH3972
no · ought · somewhat · any thing
וְ/אֵֽיןwəʾēyn
and notconjH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
ע֤וֹדʿwōd
stilladvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
לָ/הֶם֙lāhem
pron
שָׂכָ֔רśākār
a rewardnounH7939
price · reward · wages · worth
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
נִשְׁכַּ֖חnišəkaḥ
it is forgottenverbH7911
at all
זִכְרָֽ/םzikərām
memory theirnounH2143
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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