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Ecclesiastes 9:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.”

Ecclesiastes 9:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 9:810 words
HebrewMeaning
בְּ/כָלbəkāl
at everypronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עֵ֕תʿēt
timenounH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
יִהְי֥וּyihəyw
let them beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בְגָדֶ֖י/ךָbəgādeykā
clothes yournounH899
cloth(-es · ing) · garment · lap ···
לְבָנִ֑יםləbāniym
whiteadjH3836
וְ/שֶׁ֖מֶןwəšemen
and oilconjH8081
fat · fruitful · oil · ointment ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רֹאשְׁ/ךָ֥rōʾšəkā
head yournounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
יֶחְסָֽרyeḥəsār
it be lackingverbH2637
bereave · decrease · fail · lack ···
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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