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A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth. |
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šêm
A good name
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8034 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) name
1a) name
1b) reputation, fame, glory
1c) the Name (as designation of God)
1d) memorial, monument |
ṭō·wḇ
is better
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
ṭō·wḇ
than fine
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
miš·še·men
perfume ,
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8081 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fat, oil
1a) fat, fatness
1b) oil, olive oil
1b1) as staple, medicament or unguent
1b2) for anointing
1c) fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph) |
wə·yō·wm
and one’s day
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
ham·mā·weṯ
of death
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4194 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead
1a) death
1b) death by violence (as a penalty)
1c) state of death, place of death |
mî·yō·wm
[is better] than his day
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
hiw·wā·lə·ḏōw
of birth .
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3205 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to bear, bring forth
1a1a) of child birth
1a1b) of distress (simile)
1a1c) of wicked (behaviour)
1a2) to beget
1b) (Niphal) to be born
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to cause or help to bring forth
1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife
1c3) midwife (participle)
1d) (Pual) to be born
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to beget (a child)
1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity)
1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive)
1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree) |
מִיּ֖וֹםmî·yō·wm [is better] than his day |
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It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart. |
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ṭō·wḇ
It is better
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
lā·le·ḵeṯ
to enter
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 1980 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go, walk, come
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away
1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.)
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to walk
1b2) to walk (fig.)
1c) (Hithpael)
1c1) to traverse
1c2) to walk about
1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk |
’el-
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
bêṯ-
a house
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1004 |
| BSB/Thayers | nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within |
’ê·ḇel
of mourning
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 60 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) mourning
1a) for the dead
1b) for rites of mourning (metaph)
1c) mourning garb
1d) period of mourning |
mil·le·ḵeṯ
than
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 1980 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go, walk, come
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away
1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.)
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to walk
1b2) to walk (fig.)
1c) (Hithpael)
1c1) to traverse
1c2) to walk about
1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk |
’el-
-
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
bêṯ
a house
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1004 |
| BSB/Thayers | nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within |
miš·teh
of feasting ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4960 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) feast, drink, banquet
1a) feast, banquet
1b) drink |
ba·’ă·šer
since
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
hū
[death]
| Grammar | Pronoun - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1931 |
| BSB/Thayers | pron 3p s
1) he, she, it
1a) himself (with emphasis)
1b) resuming subj with emphasis
1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate)
1d) (anticipating subj)
1e) (emphasising predicate)
1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron
2) that (with article) |
sō·wp̄
[is] the end
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5490 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) end, conclusion |
kāl-
of every
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
hā·’ā·ḏām
man ,
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 120 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man, mankind
1a) man, human being
1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)
1c) Adam, first man
1d) city in Jordan valley |
wə·ha·ḥay
and the living
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2416 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) living, alive
1a) green (of vegetation)
1b) flowing, fresh (of water)
1c) lively, active (of man)
1d) reviving (of the springtime)
n m
2) relatives
3) life (abstract emphatic)
3a) life
3b) sustenance, maintenance
n f
4) living thing, animal
4a) animal
4b) life
4c) appetite
4d) revival, renewal
5) community |
yit·tên
should take [this]
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5414 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend
1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate
1a3) to make, constitute
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned
1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up
1c2) to be put upon |
’el-
to
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
lib·bōw
heart .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
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Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart. |
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ka·‘as
Sorrow
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3708 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) anger, vexation, provocation, grief
1a) vexation
1a1) of men
1a2) of God
1b) vexation, grief, frustration |
ṭō·wḇ
is better
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
miś·śə·ḥōq
than laughter ,
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7814 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) laughter, laughing stock, mocking, derision
1a) laughter
1a1) joyful
1a2) hollow
1b) derision (of object)
1c) sport |
kî-
for
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
ḇə·rō·a‘
a sad
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7455 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) badness, evil
1a) badness, bad quality
1b) wilfulness
1c) evil, badness (ethical)
1d) sadness |
pā·nîm
countenance
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 6440 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) face
1a) face, faces
1b) presence, person
1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim)
1d) face (of animals)
1e) face, surface (of ground)
1f) as adv of loc/temp
1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before
1g) with prep
1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of |
yî·ṭaḇ
is good
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3190 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be glad, be joyful
1a2) to be well placed
1a3) to be well for, be well with, go well with
1a4) to be pleasing, be pleasing to
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to make glad, rejoice
1b2) to do good to, deal well with
1b3) to do well, do thoroughly
1b4) to make a thing good or right or beautiful
1b5) to do well, do right |
lêḇ
for the heart .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
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lêḇ
The heart
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
ḥă·ḵā·mîm
of the wise
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 2450 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wise, wise (man)
1a) skilful (in technical work)
1b) wise (in administration)
1c) shrewd, crafty, cunning, wily, subtle
1d) learned, shrewd (class of men)
1e) prudent
1f) wise (ethically and religiously) |
bə·ḇêṯ
[is] in the house
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1004 |
| BSB/Thayers | nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within |
’ê·ḇel
of mourning ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 60 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) mourning
1a) for the dead
1b) for rites of mourning (metaph)
1c) mourning garb
1d) period of mourning |
wə·lêḇ
but the heart
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
kə·sî·lîm
of fools
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3684 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one |
bə·ḇêṯ
is in the house
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1004 |
| BSB/Thayers | nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within |
śim·ḥāh
of pleasure .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 8057 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) joy, mirth, gladness
1a) mirth, gladness, joy, gaiety, pleasure
1b) joy (of God)
1c) glad result, happy issue |
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ṭō·wḇ
It is better
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
liš·mō·a‘
to heed
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 8085 |
| BSB/Thayers | v
1) to hear, listen to, obey
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hear (perceive by ear)
1a2) to hear of or concerning
1a3) to hear (have power to hear)
1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to
1a5) to understand (language)
1a6) to hear (of judicial cases)
1a7) to listen, give heed
1a7a) to consent, agree
1a7b) to grant request
1a8) to listen to, yield to
1a9) to obey, be obedient
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound)
1b2) to be heard of
1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed
1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound
1d2) to sound aloud (musical term)
1d3) to make proclamation, summon
1d4) to cause to be heard
n m
2) sound |
ḥā·ḵām
a wise man’s
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2450 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wise, wise (man)
1a) skilful (in technical work)
1b) wise (in administration)
1c) shrewd, crafty, cunning, wily, subtle
1d) learned, shrewd (class of men)
1e) prudent
1f) wise (ethically and religiously) |
ga·‘ă·raṯ
rebuke
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1606 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) a rebuke, reproof |
mê·’îš
than
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 376 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man
1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female)
1b) husband
1c) human being, person (in contrast to God)
1d) servant
1e) mankind
1f) champion
1g) great man
2) whosoever
3) each (adjective) |
šō·mê·a‘
to listen
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8085 |
| BSB/Thayers | v
1) to hear, listen to, obey
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hear (perceive by ear)
1a2) to hear of or concerning
1a3) to hear (have power to hear)
1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to
1a5) to understand (language)
1a6) to hear (of judicial cases)
1a7) to listen, give heed
1a7a) to consent, agree
1a7b) to grant request
1a8) to listen to, yield to
1a9) to obey, be obedient
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound)
1b2) to be heard of
1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed
1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound
1d2) to sound aloud (musical term)
1d3) to make proclamation, summon
1d4) to cause to be heard
n m
2) sound |
šîr
to the song
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7892 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) song
1a) lyric song
1b) religious song
1c) song of Levitical choirs
n f
2) song
2a) song, ode |
kə·sî·lîm
of fools .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3684 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one |
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kî
For
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
ḵə·qō·wl
like the crackling
| Grammar | Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 6963 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) voice, sound, noise
1a) voice
1b) sound (of instrument)
2) lightness, frivolity |
has·sî·rîm
of thorns
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 5518 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) pot
1a) pot (household utensil)
1b) pot (of temple)
2) thorn, hook, brier
2a) thorns
2b) hooks |
ta·ḥaṯ
under
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 8478 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m
1a) the under part adv accus
1b) beneath prep
1c) under, beneath
1c1) at the foot of (idiom)
1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
1c3) of subjection or conquest
1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands
1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
conj
1e) instead of, instead of that
1f) in return for that, because that in compounds
1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath |
has·sîr
the pot ,
| Grammar | Article | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 5518 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) pot
1a) pot (household utensil)
1b) pot (of temple)
2) thorn, hook, brier
2a) thorns
2b) hooks |
kên
so
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 3651 |
| BSB/Thayers | adv
1) so, therefore, thus
1a) thus, so
1b) just so
1c) therefore
1d) so...as (paired with adv)
1e) then
1f) forasmuch as (in phrase)
1g) (with prep)
1g1) therefore, this being so (specific)
1g2) hitherto
1g3) therefore, on this ground (general)
1g4) afterwards
1g5) in such case
adj
2) right, just, honest, true, veritable
2a) right, just, honest
2b) correct
2c) true, veritable
2d) true!, right!, correct! (in assent) |
śə·ḥōq
is the laughter
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7814 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) laughter, laughing stock, mocking, derision
1a) laughter
1a1) joyful
1a2) hollow
1b) derision (of object)
1c) sport |
hak·kə·sîl
of the fool .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3684 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one |
zeh
This
| Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2088 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such
1a) (alone)
1a1) this one
1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another
1b) (appos to subst)
1b1) this
1c) (as predicate)
1c1) this, such
1d) (enclitically)
1d1) then
1d2) who, whom
1d3) how now, what now
1d4) what now
1d5) wherefore now
1d6) behold here
1d7) just now
1d8) now, now already
1e) (poetry)
1e1) wherein, which, those who
1f) (with prefixes)
1f1) in this (place) here, then
1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter
1f3) thus and thus
1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus
1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side
1f6) on this account
1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
wə·ḡam-
too
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
hā·ḇel
is futile .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1892 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) vapour, breath
1a) breath, vapour
1b) vanity (fig.)
adv
2) vainly |
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kî
Surely
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
hā·‘ō·šeq
extortion
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6233 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) oppression, extortion, injury
1a) oppression
1b) extortion
1c) gain by extortion |
ḥā·ḵām
turns a wise man
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2450 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wise, wise (man)
1a) skilful (in technical work)
1b) wise (in administration)
1c) shrewd, crafty, cunning, wily, subtle
1d) learned, shrewd (class of men)
1e) prudent
1f) wise (ethically and religiously) |
yə·hō·w·lêl
into a fool ,
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1984 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to shine
1a) (Qal) to shine (fig. of God's favour)
1b) (Hiphil) to flash forth light
2) to praise, boast, be boastful
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to be boastful
2a2) boastful ones, boasters (participle)
2b) (Piel)
2b1) to praise
2b2) to boast, make a boast
2c) (Pual)
2c1) to be praised, be made praiseworthy, be commended, be worthy of praise
2d) (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one's boast
2e) (Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool
2f) (Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman |
mat·tā·nāh
and a bribe
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4979 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) gift |
wî·’ab·bêḏ
corrupts
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) perish, die, be exterminated
1a2) perish, vanish (fig.)
1a3) be lost, strayed
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate
1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.)
1b3) cause to stray, lose
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to destroy, put to death
1c1a) of divine judgment
1c2) object name of kings (fig.) |
’eṯ-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
lêḇ
the heart .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
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’a·ḥă·rîṯ
The end
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 319 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) after part, end
1a) end, issue, event
1b) latter time (prophetic for future time)
1c) posterity
1d) last, hindermost |
dā·ḇār
of a matter
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1697 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech
1b) saying, utterance
1c) word, words
1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension) |
ṭō·wḇ
is better
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
mê·rê·šî·ṯōw
than the beginning ,
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7225 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) first, beginning, best, chief
1a) beginning
1b) first
1c) chief
1d) choice part |
’e·reḵ-
[and] a patient
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 750 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) long (pinions)
2) patient, slow to anger |
rū·aḥ
spirit
| Grammar | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 7307 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit
1a) breath
1b) wind
1b1) of heaven
1b2) quarter (of wind), side
1b3) breath of air
1b4) air, gas
1b5) vain, empty thing
1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
1c2) courage
1c3) temper, anger
1c4) impatience, patience
1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
1c7) prophetic spirit
1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)
1e1) desire
1e2) sorrow, trouble
1f) spirit
1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts
1f2) rarely of the will
1f3) as seat especially of moral character
1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
1g4) as endowing men with various gifts
1g5) as energy of life
1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory
1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force |
ṭō·wḇ
is better
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
mig·gə·ḇah-
than a proud
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1364 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) high, exalted
1a) high, tall
1b) high (in position)
1c) proud, haughty
n m
2) loftiness |
rū·aḥ
[one] .
| Grammar | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 7307 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit
1a) breath
1b) wind
1b1) of heaven
1b2) quarter (of wind), side
1b3) breath of air
1b4) air, gas
1b5) vain, empty thing
1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
1c2) courage
1c3) temper, anger
1c4) impatience, patience
1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
1c7) prophetic spirit
1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)
1e1) desire
1e2) sorrow, trouble
1f) spirit
1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts
1f2) rarely of the will
1f3) as seat especially of moral character
1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
1g4) as endowing men with various gifts
1g5) as energy of life
1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory
1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force |
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’al-
Do not
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 408 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)
1a) do not, let not (with a verb)
1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)
1c) not, no (with substantive)
1d) nothing (as substantive) |
tə·ḇa·hêl
be quickly
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 926 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to disturb, alarm, terrify, hurry, be disturbed, be anxious, be afraid, be hurried, be nervous
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to be disturbed, dismayed, terrified, anxious
1a2) to be in haste, be hasty
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to make haste, act hastily, be hurried, be hastened
1b2) to dismay, terrify
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to hasten
1c2) hastened, hastily gained (part.)
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to hasten, hurry, make haste
1d2) to dismay, terrify |
liḵ·‘ō·ws
provoked
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 3707 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be angry, be vexed, be indignant, be wroth, be grieved, provoke to anger and wrath
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be vexed, be indignant
1a2) to be angry
1b) (Piel) to provoke to anger
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to vex
1c2) to vex, provoke to anger |
bə·rū·ḥă·ḵā
in your spirit ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7307 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit
1a) breath
1b) wind
1b1) of heaven
1b2) quarter (of wind), side
1b3) breath of air
1b4) air, gas
1b5) vain, empty thing
1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
1c2) courage
1c3) temper, anger
1c4) impatience, patience
1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
1c7) prophetic spirit
1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)
1e1) desire
1e2) sorrow, trouble
1f) spirit
1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts
1f2) rarely of the will
1f3) as seat especially of moral character
1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
1g4) as endowing men with various gifts
1g5) as energy of life
1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory
1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force |
kî
for
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
ḵa·‘as
anger
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3708 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) anger, vexation, provocation, grief
1a) vexation
1a1) of men
1a2) of God
1b) vexation, grief, frustration |
yā·nū·aḥ
settles
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to rest
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to rest, settle down and remain
1a2) to repose, have rest, be quiet
1b) (Hiph)
1b1) to cause to rest, give rest to, make quiet
1b2) to cause to rest, cause to alight, set down
1b3) to lay or set down, deposit, let lie, place
1b4) to let remain, leave
1b5) to leave, depart from
1b6) to abandon
1b7) to permit
1c) (Hoph)
1c1) to obtain rest, be granted rest
1c2) to be left, be placed
1c3) open space (subst) |
bə·ḥêq
in the lap
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 2436 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) bosom, hollow, bottom, midst |
kə·sî·lîm
of a fool .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3684 |
| Footnote | Hebrew in the bosom of fools |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one |
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’al-
Do not
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 408 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)
1a) do not, let not (with a verb)
1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)
1c) not, no (with substantive)
1d) nothing (as substantive) |
tō·mar
say ,
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 559 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter
1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
meh
“ Why
| Grammar | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 4100 |
| BSB/Thayers | interr pron
1) what, how, of what kind
1a) (interrogative)
1a1) what?
1a2) of what kind
1a3) what? (rhetorical)
1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what
1b) (adverb)
1b1) how, how now
1b2) why
1b3) how! (exclamation)
1c) (with prep)
1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
1c2) because of what?
1c3) the like of what?
1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often?
1c3b) for how long?
1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?
indef pron
2) anything, aught, what may |
hā·yāh
were
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
hā·ri·šō·nîm
the old
| Grammar | Article | Adjective - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 7223 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) first, primary, former
1a) former (of time)
1a1) ancestors
1a2) former things
1b) foremost (of location)
1c) first (in time)
1d) first, chief (in degree)
adv
2) first, before, formerly, at first |
hā·yū
. . .
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
še·hay·yā·mîm
days
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative, Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
ṭō·w·ḇîm
better
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
mê·’êl·leh
than these ? ”
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Pronoun - common plural |
| Strongs | 428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) these
1a) used before antecedent
1b) used following antecedent |
kî
For
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
lō
vvv
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
mê·ḥā·ḵə·māh
it is unwise
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2451 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wisdom
1a) skill (in war)
1b) wisdom (in administration)
1c) shrewdness, wisdom
1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)
1e) wisdom (ethical and religious) |
šā·’al·tā
of you to ask
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7592 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to ask, enquire, borrow, beg
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to ask, ask for
1a2) to ask (as a favour), borrow
1a3) to enquire, enquire of
1a4) to enquire of, consult (of deity, oracle)
1a5) to seek
1b) (Niphal) to ask for oneself, ask leave of absence
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to enquire, enquire carefully
1c2) to beg, practise beggary
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to be given on request
1d2) to grant, make over to, let (one) ask (successfully) or give or lend on request (then) grant or make over to |
‘al-
about
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5921 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)
1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
1e) over (of suspension or extension)
1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
1h) to (as a dative)
conj
2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although |
zeh
this .
| Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2088 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such
1a) (alone)
1a1) this one
1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another
1b) (appos to subst)
1b1) this
1c) (as predicate)
1c1) this, such
1d) (enclitically)
1d1) then
1d2) who, whom
1d3) how now, what now
1d4) what now
1d5) wherefore now
1d6) behold here
1d7) just now
1d8) now, now already
1e) (poetry)
1e1) wherein, which, those who
1f) (with prefixes)
1f1) in this (place) here, then
1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter
1f3) thus and thus
1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus
1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side
1f6) on this account
1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
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Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun. |
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ḥāḵ·māh
Wisdom ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2451 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wisdom
1a) skill (in war)
1b) wisdom (in administration)
1c) shrewdness, wisdom
1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)
1e) wisdom (ethical and religious) |
‘im-
like
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5973 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) with
1a) with
1b) against
1c) toward
1d) as long as
1e) beside, except
1f) in spite of |
na·ḥă·lāh
an inheritance ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5159 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) possession, property, inheritance, heritage
1a) property
1b) portion, share
1c) inheritance, portion |
ṭō·w·ḇāh
[is] good ,
| Grammar | Adjective - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
wə·yō·ṯêr
and it benefits
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3148 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) superiority, advantage, excess
adv
2) excess, better
conj
3) besides, moreover, more |
lə·rō·’ê
those who see
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 7200 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to see
1a2) to see, perceive
1a3) to see, have vision
1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out
1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish
1a6) to look at, gaze at
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to appear, present oneself
1b2) to be seen
1b3) to be visible
1c) (Pual) to be seen
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to see, show
1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be caused to see, be shown
1e2) to be exhibited to
1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
haš·šā·meš
the sun .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 8121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sun
1a) sun
1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)
1c) sun (as object of illicit worship)
1d) openly, publicly (in other phrases)
1e) pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining) |
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For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner. |
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kî
For
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
ha·ḥā·ḵə·māh
wisdom
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2451 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wisdom
1a) skill (in war)
1b) wisdom (in administration)
1c) shrewdness, wisdom
1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)
1e) wisdom (ethical and religious) |
bə·ṣêl
- ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6738 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) shadow, shade
1a) shadow (on dial)
1b) shadow, shade (as protection)
1c) shadow (symbolic of transitoriness of life) |
hak·kā·sep̄
like money ,
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3701 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) silver, money
1a) silver
1a1) as metal
1a2) as ornament
1a3) as colour
1b) money, shekels, talents |
bə·ṣêl
[is] a shelter ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6738 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) shadow, shade
1a) shadow (on dial)
1b) shadow, shade (as protection)
1c) shadow (symbolic of transitoriness of life) |
wə·yiṯ·rō·wn
and the advantage
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3504 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) advantage, profit, excellency |
da·‘aṯ
of knowledge
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1847 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) knowledge
1a) knowledge, perception, skill
1b) discernment, understanding, wisdom |
ha·ḥā·ḵə·māh
is that wisdom
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2451 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wisdom
1a) skill (in war)
1b) wisdom (in administration)
1c) shrewdness, wisdom
1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)
1e) wisdom (ethical and religious) |
tə·ḥay·yeh
preserves the life
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2421 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to live
1a1a) to have life
1a1b) to continue in life, remain alive
1a1c) to sustain life, to live on or upon
1a1d) to live (prosperously)
1a2) to revive, be quickened
1a2a) from sickness
1a2b) from discouragement
1a2c) from faintness
1a2d) from death
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to preserve alive, let live
1b2) to give life
1b3) to quicken, revive, refresh
1b3a) to restore to life
1b3b) to cause to grow
1b3c) to restore
1b3d) to revive
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to preserve alive, let live
1c2) to quicken, revive
1c2a) to restore (to health)
1c2b) to revive
1c2c) to restore to life |
ḇə·‘ā·le·hā
of its owner .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1167 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) owner, husband, lord
1a) owner
1b) a husband
1c) citizens, inhabitants
1d) rulers, lords
1e) (noun of relationship used to characterise-ie, master of dreams)
1f) lord (used of foreign gods) |
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Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent? |
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rə·’êh
Consider
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7200 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to see
1a2) to see, perceive
1a3) to see, have vision
1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out
1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish
1a6) to look at, gaze at
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to appear, present oneself
1b2) to be seen
1b3) to be visible
1c) (Pual) to be seen
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to see, show
1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be caused to see, be shown
1e2) to be exhibited to
1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
ma·‘ă·śêh
the work
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4639 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) deed, work
1a) deed, thing done, act
1b) work, labour
1c) business, pursuit
1d) undertaking, enterprise
1e) achievement
1f) deeds, works (of deliverance and judgment)
1g) work, thing made
1h) work (of God)
1i) product |
hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm
of God :
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (plural)
1a) rulers, judges
1b) divine ones
1c) angels
1d) gods
2) (plural intensive-singular meaning)
2a) god, goddess
2b) godlike one
2c) works or special possessions of God
2d) the (true) God
2e) God |
kî
-
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
mî
Who
| Grammar | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 4310 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever |
yū·ḵal
can
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3201 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be able, be able to gain or accomplish, be able to endure, be able to reach
1a2) to prevail, prevail over or against, overcome, be victor
1a3) to have ability, have strength |
lə·ṯaq·qên
straighten
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 8626 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to equalise, make straight, become straight
1a) (Qal) to become straight
1b) (Piel) to make straight, put straight, arrange in order, set in order |
’êṯ
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
’ă·šer
what
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
‘iw·wə·ṯōw
He has bent ?
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5791 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be bent, be crooked, bend, make crooked, pervert
1a)(Piel)
1a1) to make crooked, falsify, pervert, subvert
1a2) to bend, make crooked
1b) (Pual) thing bent (participle)
1c) (Hithpael) to bend oneself |
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In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him. |
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bə·yō·wm
In the day
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
ṭō·w·ḇāh
of prosperity ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
hĕ·yêh
be
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
ḇə·ṭō·wḇ
joyful ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
ū·ḇə·yō·wm
but in the day
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
rā·‘āh
of adversity ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7451 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) bad, evil
1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant
1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)
1c) evil, displeasing
1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc)
1e) bad (of value)
1f) worse than, worst (comparison)
1g) sad, unhappy
1h) evil (hurtful)
1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)
1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically)
1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts
1j2) deeds, actions
n m
2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity
2a) evil, distress, adversity
2b) evil, injury, wrong
2c) evil (ethical)
n f
3) evil, misery, distress, injury
3a) evil, misery, distress
3b) evil, injury, wrong
3c) evil (ethical) |
rə·’êh
consider this
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7200 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to see
1a2) to see, perceive
1a3) to see, have vision
1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out
1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish
1a6) to look at, gaze at
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to appear, present oneself
1b2) to be seen
1b3) to be visible
1c) (Pual) to be seen
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to see, show
1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be caused to see, be shown
1e2) to be exhibited to
1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
gam
. . .
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
’eṯ-
- :
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm
God
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (plural)
1a) rulers, judges
1b) divine ones
1c) angels
1d) gods
2) (plural intensive-singular meaning)
2a) god, goddess
2b) godlike one
2c) works or special possessions of God
2d) the (true) God
2e) God |
‘ā·śāh
has made
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
zeh
one [of these]
| Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2088 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such
1a) (alone)
1a1) this one
1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another
1b) (appos to subst)
1b1) this
1c) (as predicate)
1c1) this, such
1d) (enclitically)
1d1) then
1d2) who, whom
1d3) how now, what now
1d4) what now
1d5) wherefore now
1d6) behold here
1d7) just now
1d8) now, now already
1e) (poetry)
1e1) wherein, which, those who
1f) (with prefixes)
1f1) in this (place) here, then
1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter
1f3) thus and thus
1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus
1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side
1f6) on this account
1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
lə·‘um·maṯ-
along with
| Grammar | Preposition-l |
| Strongs | 5980 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) juxtaposition
1a) used only as a prep
1a1) close by, side by side with, alongside of, parallel with
1a2) agreeing with, corresponding to, exactly as, close beside
1a3) correspondingly to |
zeh
the other ,
| Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2088 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such
1a) (alone)
1a1) this one
1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another
1b) (appos to subst)
1b1) this
1c) (as predicate)
1c1) this, such
1d) (enclitically)
1d1) then
1d2) who, whom
1d3) how now, what now
1d4) what now
1d5) wherefore now
1d6) behold here
1d7) just now
1d8) now, now already
1e) (poetry)
1e1) wherein, which, those who
1f) (with prefixes)
1f1) in this (place) here, then
1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter
1f3) thus and thus
1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus
1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side
1f6) on this account
1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
‘al-
so that
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5921 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)
1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
1e) over (of suspension or extension)
1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
1h) to (as a dative)
conj
2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although |
diḇ·raṯ
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1700 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) cause, manner, reason |
hā·’ā·ḏām
a man
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 120 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man, mankind
1a) man, human being
1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)
1c) Adam, first man
1d) city in Jordan valley |
šel·lō
cannot
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
yim·ṣā
discover
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4672 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to find, attain to
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to find
1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)
1a1b) to find (what is lost)
1a1c) to meet, encounter
1a1d) to find (a condition)
1a1e) to learn, devise
1a2) to find out
1a2a) to find out
1a2b) to detect
1a2c) to guess
1a3) to come upon, light upon
1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with
1a3b) to hit
1a3c) to befall
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be found
1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered
1b1b) to appear, be recognised
1b1c) to be discovered, be detected
1b1d) to be gained, be secured
1b2) to be, be found
1b2a) to be found in
1b2b) to be in the possession of
1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be
1b2d) to be left (after war)
1b2e) to be present
1b2f) to prove to be
1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to find, attain
1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come
1c3) to cause to encounter
1c4) to present (offering) |
mə·’ū·māh
anything
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3972 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) anything |
’a·ḥă·rāw
that will come after him .
| Grammar | Preposition | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 310 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time)
1a) as an adverb
1a1) behind (of place)
1a2) afterwards (of time)
1b) as a preposition
1b1) behind, after (of place)
1b2) after (of time)
1b3) besides
1c) as a conjunction
1c) after that
1d) as a substantive
1d1) hinder part
1e) with other prepositions
1e1) from behind
1e2) from following after |
אַחֲרָ֖יו’a·ḥă·rāw that will come after him . |
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In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness. |
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’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
heḇ·lî
In my futile
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 1892 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) vapour, breath
1a) breath, vapour
1b) vanity (fig.)
adv
2) vainly |
bî·mê
life
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
rā·’î·ṯî
I have seen
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 7200 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to see
1a2) to see, perceive
1a3) to see, have vision
1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out
1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish
1a6) to look at, gaze at
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to appear, present oneself
1b2) to be seen
1b3) to be visible
1c) (Pual) to be seen
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to see, show
1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be caused to see, be shown
1e2) to be exhibited to
1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
hak·kōl
both of these :
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
yêš
-
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 3426 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) being, existence, substance, there is or are
1a) substance
1b) existence
1c) there is or are |
ṣad·dîq
A righteous man
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6662 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) just, lawful, righteous
1a) just, righteous (in government)
1b) just, right (in one's cause)
1c) just, righteous (in conduct and character)
1d) righteous (as justified and vindicated by God)
1e) right, correct, lawful |
’ō·ḇêḏ
perishing
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) perish, die, be exterminated
1a2) perish, vanish (fig.)
1a3) be lost, strayed
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate
1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.)
1b3) cause to stray, lose
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to destroy, put to death
1c1a) of divine judgment
1c2) object name of kings (fig.) |
bə·ṣiḏ·qōw
in his righteousness ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6664 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) justice, rightness, righteousness
1a) what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures)
1b) righteousness (in government)
1b1) of judges, rulers, kings
1b2) of law
1b3) of Davidic king, Messiah
1b4) of Jerusalem as seat of just government
1b5) of God's attribute
1c) righteousness, justice (in case or cause)
1d) rightness (in speech)
1e) righteousness (as ethically right)
1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity
1f1) of God as covenant-keeping in redemption
1f2) in name of Messianic king
1f3) of people enjoying salvation
1f4) of Cyrus |
wə·yêš
[and]
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adverb |
| Strongs | 3426 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) being, existence, substance, there is or are
1a) substance
1b) existence
1c) there is or are |
rā·šā‘
a wicked man
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7563 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wicked, criminal
1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst)
1b) wicked (hostile to God)
1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man) |
ma·’ă·rîḵ
living long
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 748 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be long, prolong
1a) (Qal) to be long
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to prolong (days)
1b2) to make long (tent cords)
1b3) to grow long, continue long |
bə·rā·‘ā·ṯōw
in his wickedness .
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7451 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) bad, evil
1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant
1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)
1c) evil, displeasing
1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc)
1e) bad (of value)
1f) worse than, worst (comparison)
1g) sad, unhappy
1h) evil (hurtful)
1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)
1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically)
1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts
1j2) deeds, actions
n m
2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity
2a) evil, distress, adversity
2b) evil, injury, wrong
2c) evil (ethical)
n f
3) evil, misery, distress, injury
3a) evil, misery, distress
3b) evil, injury, wrong
3c) evil (ethical) |
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Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself? |
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’al-
Do not
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 408 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)
1a) do not, let not (with a verb)
1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)
1c) not, no (with substantive)
1d) nothing (as substantive) |
tə·hî
be
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
har·bêh
overly
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute |
| Strongs | 7235 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to become many, become numerous, multiply (of people, animals, things)
1a2) to be or grow great
1b) (Piel) to make large, enlarge, increase, become many
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make much, make many, have many
1c1a) to multiply, increase
1c1b) to make much to do, do much in respect of, transgress greatly
1c1c) to increase greatly or exceedingly
1c2) to make great, enlarge, do much
2) (Qal) to shoot |
ṣad·dîq
righteous ,
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6662 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) just, lawful, righteous
1a) just, righteous (in government)
1b) just, right (in one's cause)
1c) just, righteous (in conduct and character)
1d) righteous (as justified and vindicated by God)
1e) right, correct, lawful |
wə·’al-
and do not
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adverb |
| Strongs | 408 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)
1a) do not, let not (with a verb)
1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)
1c) not, no (with substantive)
1d) nothing (as substantive) |
yō·w·ṯêr
make yourself too
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3148 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) superiority, advantage, excess
adv
2) excess, better
conj
3) besides, moreover, more |
tiṯ·ḥak·kam
wise .
| Grammar | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2449 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be wise
1a) (Qal) to be or become wise, act wisely
1b) (Piel) to make wise, teach wisdom, instruct
1c) (Pual) to be made wise
1d) (Hiphil) to make wise
1e) (Hithpael) to show oneself wise, deceive, show one's wisdom |
lām·māh
Why
| Grammar | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 4100 |
| BSB/Thayers | interr pron
1) what, how, of what kind
1a) (interrogative)
1a1) what?
1a2) of what kind
1a3) what? (rhetorical)
1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what
1b) (adverb)
1b1) how, how now
1b2) why
1b3) how! (exclamation)
1c) (with prep)
1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
1c2) because of what?
1c3) the like of what?
1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often?
1c3b) for how long?
1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?
indef pron
2) anything, aught, what may |
tiš·šō·w·mêm
should you destroy yourself?
| Grammar | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8074 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be desolate, be appalled, stun, stupefy
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be desolated, be deflowered, be deserted, be appalled
1a2) to be appalled, be awestruck
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be desolated, be made desolate
1b2) to be appalled
1c) (Polel)
1c1) to be stunned
1c2) appalling, causing horror (participle)
1c2a) horror-causer, appaller (subst)
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to devastate, ravage, make desolated
1d2) to appal, show horror
1e) (Hophal) to lay desolate, be desolated
1f) (Hithpolel)
1f1) to cause to be desolate
1f2) to be appalled, be astounded
1f3) to cause oneself desolation, cause oneself ruin |
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Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time? |
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’al-
Do not
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 408 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)
1a) do not, let not (with a verb)
1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)
1c) not, no (with substantive)
1d) nothing (as substantive) |
har·bêh
be excessively
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute |
| Strongs | 7235 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to become many, become numerous, multiply (of people, animals, things)
1a2) to be or grow great
1b) (Piel) to make large, enlarge, increase, become many
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make much, make many, have many
1c1a) to multiply, increase
1c1b) to make much to do, do much in respect of, transgress greatly
1c1c) to increase greatly or exceedingly
1c2) to make great, enlarge, do much
2) (Qal) to shoot |
tir·ša‘
wicked ,
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7561 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be wicked, act wickedly
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be wicked, act wickedly
1a2) to be guilty, be condemned
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to condemn as guilty (in civil relations)
1b2) to condemn as guilty (in ethical or religious relations)
1b3) to act wickedly (in ethics and religion) |
wə·’al-
and do not
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adverb |
| Strongs | 408 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)
1a) do not, let not (with a verb)
1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)
1c) not, no (with substantive)
1d) nothing (as substantive) |
tə·hî
be
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
sā·ḵāl
a fool .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5530 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fool |
lām·māh
Why
| Grammar | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 4100 |
| BSB/Thayers | interr pron
1) what, how, of what kind
1a) (interrogative)
1a1) what?
1a2) of what kind
1a3) what? (rhetorical)
1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what
1b) (adverb)
1b1) how, how now
1b2) why
1b3) how! (exclamation)
1c) (with prep)
1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
1c2) because of what?
1c3) the like of what?
1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often?
1c3b) for how long?
1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?
indef pron
2) anything, aught, what may |
ṯā·mūṯ
should you die
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4191 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to die, kill, have one executed
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to die
1a2) to die (as penalty), be put to death
1a3) to die, perish (of a nation)
1a4) to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct)
1b) (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch
1c) (Hiphil) to kill, put to death
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be killed, be put to death
1d1a) to die prematurely |
bə·lō
before
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
‘it·te·ḵā
your time ?
| Grammar | Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6256 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) time
1a) time (of an event)
1b) time (usual)
1c) experiences, fortunes
1d) occurrence, occasion |
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It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings. |
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ṭō·wḇ
It is good
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
’ă·šer
-
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
te·’ĕ·ḥōz
to grasp
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 270 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) grasp, take hold, seize, take possession
1a) (Qal) to grasp, take hold of
1b) (Niphal) to be caught, grasped, be settled
1c) (Piel) to enclose, overlay
1d) (Hophal) fastened |
bā·zeh
the one
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2088 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such
1a) (alone)
1a1) this one
1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another
1b) (appos to subst)
1b1) this
1c) (as predicate)
1c1) this, such
1d) (enclitically)
1d1) then
1d2) who, whom
1d3) how now, what now
1d4) what now
1d5) wherefore now
1d6) behold here
1d7) just now
1d8) now, now already
1e) (poetry)
1e1) wherein, which, those who
1f) (with prefixes)
1f1) in this (place) here, then
1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter
1f3) thus and thus
1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus
1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side
1f6) on this account
1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
wə·ḡam-
and
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
’al-
not
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 408 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)
1a) do not, let not (with a verb)
1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)
1c) not, no (with substantive)
1d) nothing (as substantive) |
tan·naḥ
let the other slip
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to rest
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to rest, settle down and remain
1a2) to repose, have rest, be quiet
1b) (Hiph)
1b1) to cause to rest, give rest to, make quiet
1b2) to cause to rest, cause to alight, set down
1b3) to lay or set down, deposit, let lie, place
1b4) to let remain, leave
1b5) to leave, depart from
1b6) to abandon
1b7) to permit
1c) (Hoph)
1c1) to obtain rest, be granted rest
1c2) to be left, be placed
1c3) open space (subst) |
’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
miz·zeh
from
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2088 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such
1a) (alone)
1a1) this one
1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another
1b) (appos to subst)
1b1) this
1c) (as predicate)
1c1) this, such
1d) (enclitically)
1d1) then
1d2) who, whom
1d3) how now, what now
1d4) what now
1d5) wherefore now
1d6) behold here
1d7) just now
1d8) now, now already
1e) (poetry)
1e1) wherein, which, those who
1f) (with prefixes)
1f1) in this (place) here, then
1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter
1f3) thus and thus
1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus
1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side
1f6) on this account
1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
yā·ḏe·ḵā
your hand .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3027 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) hand
1a) hand (of man)
1b) strength, power (fig.)
1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
1d) (various special, technical senses)
1d1) sign, monument
1d2) part, fractional part, share
1d3) time, repetition
1d4) axle-trees, axle
1d5) stays, support (for laver)
1d6) tenons (in tabernacle)
1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
1d8) wrists |
kî-
For
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
yə·rê
he who fears
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3373 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fearing, reverent, afraid |
’ĕ·lō·hîm
God
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (plural)
1a) rulers, judges
1b) divine ones
1c) angels
1d) gods
2) (plural intensive-singular meaning)
2a) god, goddess
2b) godlike one
2c) works or special possessions of God
2d) the (true) God
2e) God |
yê·ṣê
will follow
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3318 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go out, come out, exit, go forth
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go or come out or forth, depart
1a2) to go forth (to a place)
1a3) to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something)
1a4) to come or go forth (with purpose or for result)
1a5) to come out of
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out
1b2) to bring out of
1b3) to lead out
1b4) to deliver
1c) (Hophal) to be brought out or forth |
’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
kul·lām
both [warnings] .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| Footnote | Or will avoid all extremes |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
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Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city. |
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ha·ḥā·ḵə·māh
Wisdom
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2451 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wisdom
1a) skill (in war)
1b) wisdom (in administration)
1c) shrewdness, wisdom
1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)
1e) wisdom (ethical and religious) |
le·ḥā·ḵām
makes the wise man
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2450 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wise, wise (man)
1a) skilful (in technical work)
1b) wise (in administration)
1c) shrewd, crafty, cunning, wily, subtle
1d) learned, shrewd (class of men)
1e) prudent
1f) wise (ethically and religiously) |
tā·‘ōz
stronger than
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5810 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be strong
1a) (Qal) to be strong, prevail
1b) (Hiphil) to make firm, strengthen |
mê·‘ă·śā·rāh
ten
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Number - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6235 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) ten
1a) ten
1b) with other numbers |
šal·lî·ṭîm
rulers
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 7989 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) having mastery, domineering, master
1a) having mastery
1a1) ruler (subst)
1b) domineering, imperious |
’ă·šer
-
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
hā·yū
-
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
bā·‘îr
in a city .
| Grammar | Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5892 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) excitement, anguish
1a) of terror
2) city, town (a place of waking, guarded)
2a) city, town |
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Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins. |
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kî
Surely
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
’ên
there is no
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 369 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) nothing, not, nought n
1a) nothing, nought neg
1b) not
1c) to have not (of possession) adv
1d) without w/prep
1e) for lack of |
ṣad·dîq
righteous
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6662 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) just, lawful, righteous
1a) just, righteous (in government)
1b) just, right (in one's cause)
1c) just, righteous (in conduct and character)
1d) righteous (as justified and vindicated by God)
1e) right, correct, lawful |
’ā·ḏām
man
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 120 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man, mankind
1a) man, human being
1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)
1c) Adam, first man
1d) city in Jordan valley |
bā·’ā·reṣ
on earth
| Grammar | Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 776 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) land, earth
1a) earth
1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part)
1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven)
1a3) earth (inhabitants)
1b) land
1b1) country, territory
1b2) district, region
1b3) tribal territory
1b4) piece of ground
1b5) land of Canaan, Israel
1b6) inhabitants of land
1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world
1b8) city (-state)
1c) ground, surface of the earth
1c1) ground
1c2) soil
1d) (in phrases)
1d1) people of the land
1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)
1d3) level or plain country
1d4) land of the living
1d5) end(s) of the earth
1e) (almost wholly late in usage)
1e1) lands, countries
1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan |
’ă·šer
who
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
ya·‘ă·śeh-
does
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
ṭō·wḇ
good
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
wə·lō
and never
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
ye·ḥĕ·ṭā
sins .
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2398 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to miss
1a2) to sin, miss the goal or path of right and duty
1a3) to incur guilt, incur penalty by sin, forfeit
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to bear loss
1b2) to make a sin-offering
1b3) to purify from sin
1b4) to purify from uncleanness
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to miss the mark
1c2) to induce to sin, cause to sin
1c3) to bring into guilt or condemnation or punishment
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to miss oneself, lose oneself, wander from the way
1d2) to purify oneself from uncleanness |
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Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you. |
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gam
-
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
’al-
Do not
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 408 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)
1a) do not, let not (with a verb)
1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)
1c) not, no (with substantive)
1d) nothing (as substantive) |
tit·tên
pay
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5414 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend
1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate
1a3) to make, constitute
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned
1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up
1c2) to be put upon |
lib·be·ḵā
attention
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
’ă·šer
-
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
lə·ḵāl
to every
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
had·də·ḇā·rîm
word
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1697 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech
1b) saying, utterance
1c) word, words
1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension) |
’ă·šer
that
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
yə·ḏab·bê·rū
is spoken ,
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1696 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing
1a) (Qal) to speak
1b) (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to speak
1c2) to promise
1d) (Pual) to be spoken
1e) (Hithpael) to speak
1f) (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight |
lō-
or
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
ṯiš·ma‘
you may hear
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8085 |
| BSB/Thayers | v
1) to hear, listen to, obey
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hear (perceive by ear)
1a2) to hear of or concerning
1a3) to hear (have power to hear)
1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to
1a5) to understand (language)
1a6) to hear (of judicial cases)
1a7) to listen, give heed
1a7a) to consent, agree
1a7b) to grant request
1a8) to listen to, yield to
1a9) to obey, be obedient
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound)
1b2) to be heard of
1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed
1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound
1d2) to sound aloud (musical term)
1d3) to make proclamation, summon
1d4) to cause to be heard
n m
2) sound |
’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
‘aḇ·də·ḵā
your servant
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5650 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) slave, servant
1a) slave, servant, man-servant
1b) subjects
1c) servants, worshippers (of God)
1d) servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc)
1e) servant (of Israel)
1f) servant (as form of address between equals) |
mə·qal·le·ḵā
cursing you .
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7043 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be slight, be swift, be trifling, be of little account, be light
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be slight, be abated (of water)
1a2) to be swift
1a3) to be trifling, be of little account
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be swift, show oneself swift
1b2) to appear trifling, be too trifling, be insignificant
1b3) to be lightly esteemed
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to make despicable
1c2) to curse
1d) (Pual) to be cursed
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to make light, lighten
1e2) to treat with contempt, bring contempt or dishonour
1f) (Pilpel)
1f1) to shake
1f2) to whet
1g) (Hithpalpel) to shake oneself, be moved to and fro |
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For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others. |
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kî
For
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
gam-
. . .
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
yā·ḏa‘
you know
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3045 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to know
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to know
1a1a) to know, learn to know
1a1b) to perceive
1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern
1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish
1a1e) to know by experience
1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess
1a1g) to consider
1a2) to know, be acquainted with
1a3) to know (a person carnally)
1a4) to know how, be skilful in
1a5) to have knowledge, be wise
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed
1b2) to make oneself known
1b3) to be perceived
1b4) to be instructed
1c) (Piel) to cause to know
1d) (Poal) to cause to know
1e) (Pual)
1e1) to be known
1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle)
1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare
1g) (Hophal) to be made known
1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself |
lib·be·ḵā
in your heart
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
’ă·šer
that
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
gam-
. . .
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
rab·bō·wṯ
many
| Grammar | Adjective - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 7227 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) much, many, great
1a) much
1b) many
1c) abounding in
1d) more numerous than
1e) abundant, enough
1f) great
1g) strong
1h) greater than
adv
1i) much, exceedingly
n m
2) captain, chief |
pə·‘ā·mîm
times
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 6471 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence
1a) foot, hoof-beat, footfall, footstep
1b) anvil
1c) occurrence, time, stroke, beat
1c1) one time, once, twice, thrice, as time on time, at this repetition, this once, now at length, now...now, at one time...at another |
ʾat
you yourself
| Grammar | Pronoun - second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 859 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) you (second pers. sing. masc.) |
qil·lal·tā
have cursed
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7043 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be slight, be swift, be trifling, be of little account, be light
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be slight, be abated (of water)
1a2) to be swift
1a3) to be trifling, be of little account
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be swift, show oneself swift
1b2) to appear trifling, be too trifling, be insignificant
1b3) to be lightly esteemed
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to make despicable
1c2) to curse
1d) (Pual) to be cursed
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to make light, lighten
1e2) to treat with contempt, bring contempt or dishonour
1f) (Pilpel)
1f1) to shake
1f2) to whet
1g) (Hithpalpel) to shake oneself, be moved to and fro |
’ă·ḥê·rîm
others .
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 312 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) another, other, following
1a) following, further
1b) other, different |
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All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me. |
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kāl-
All
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
zōh
this
| Grammar | Pronoun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2090 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this |
nis·sî·ṯî
I tested
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 5254 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to test, try, prove, tempt, assay, put to the proof or test
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to test, try
1a2) to attempt, assay, try
1a3) to test, try, prove, tempt |
ḇa·ḥā·ḵə·māh
by wisdom, [saying] ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2451 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wisdom
1a) skill (in war)
1b) wisdom (in administration)
1c) shrewdness, wisdom
1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)
1e) wisdom (ethical and religious) |
’ā·mar·tî
“ I resolve
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 559 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter
1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
’eḥ·kā·māh
to be wise . ”
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 2449 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be wise
1a) (Qal) to be or become wise, act wisely
1b) (Piel) to make wise, teach wisdom, instruct
1c) (Pual) to be made wise
1d) (Hiphil) to make wise
1e) (Hithpael) to show oneself wise, deceive, show one's wisdom |
wə·hî
But it
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1931 |
| BSB/Thayers | pron 3p s
1) he, she, it
1a) himself (with emphasis)
1b) resuming subj with emphasis
1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate)
1d) (anticipating subj)
1e) (emphasising predicate)
1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron
2) that (with article) |
rə·ḥō·w·qāh
was beyond
| Grammar | Adjective - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7350 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) remote, far, distant, distant lands, distant ones
1a) of distance, time
n m
2) distance
2a) from a distance (with prep) |
mim·men·nî
me .
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 4480 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than
1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of
1b) out of
1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling)
1b2) (of material from which something is made)
1b3) (of source or origin)
1c) out of, some of, from (partitively)
1d) from, since, after (of time)
1e) than, more than (in comparison)
1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or
1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons)
1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive)
conj
2) that |
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What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it? |
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mah-
What
| Grammar | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 4100 |
| BSB/Thayers | interr pron
1) what, how, of what kind
1a) (interrogative)
1a1) what?
1a2) of what kind
1a3) what? (rhetorical)
1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what
1b) (adverb)
1b1) how, how now
1b2) why
1b3) how! (exclamation)
1c) (with prep)
1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
1c2) because of what?
1c3) the like of what?
1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often?
1c3b) for how long?
1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?
indef pron
2) anything, aught, what may |
še·hā·yāh
exists
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
rā·ḥō·wq
is out of reach
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7350 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) remote, far, distant, distant lands, distant ones
1a) of distance, time
n m
2) distance
2a) from a distance (with prep) |
wə·‘ā·mōq
and very deep
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6013 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) deep, mysterious, depths
1a) deep
1b) unsearchable |
‘ā·mōq
. . . .
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6013 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) deep, mysterious, depths
1a) deep
1b) unsearchable |
mî
Who
| Grammar | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 4310 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever |
yim·ṣā·’en·nū
can fathom it ?
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4672 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to find, attain to
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to find
1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)
1a1b) to find (what is lost)
1a1c) to meet, encounter
1a1d) to find (a condition)
1a1e) to learn, devise
1a2) to find out
1a2a) to find out
1a2b) to detect
1a2c) to guess
1a3) to come upon, light upon
1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with
1a3b) to hit
1a3c) to befall
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be found
1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered
1b1b) to appear, be recognised
1b1c) to be discovered, be detected
1b1d) to be gained, be secured
1b2) to be, be found
1b2a) to be found in
1b2b) to be in the possession of
1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be
1b2d) to be left (after war)
1b2e) to be present
1b2f) to prove to be
1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to find, attain
1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come
1c3) to cause to encounter
1c4) to present (offering) |
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I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness. |
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’ă·nî
I
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 589 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) |
sab·bō·w·ṯî
directed
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 5437 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or around, surround, encircle, change direction
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to turn, turn about, be brought round, change
1a2) to march or walk around, go partly around, circle about, skirt, make a round, make a circuit, go about to, surround, encompass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to turn oneself, close round, turn round
1b2) to be turned over to
1c) (Piel) to turn about, change, transform
1d) (Poel)
1d1) to encompass, surround
1d2) to come about, assemble round
1d3) to march, go about
1d4) to enclose, envelop
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to turn, cause to turn, turn back, reverse, bring over, turn into, bring round
1e2) to cause to go around, surround, encompass
1f) (Hophal)
1f1) to be turned
1f2) to be surrounded |
wə·lib·bî
my mind
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
lā·ḏa·‘aṯ
to understand ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 3045 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to know
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to know
1a1a) to know, learn to know
1a1b) to perceive
1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern
1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish
1a1e) to know by experience
1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess
1a1g) to consider
1a2) to know, be acquainted with
1a3) to know (a person carnally)
1a4) to know how, be skilful in
1a5) to have knowledge, be wise
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed
1b2) to make oneself known
1b3) to be perceived
1b4) to be instructed
1c) (Piel) to cause to know
1d) (Poal) to cause to know
1e) (Pual)
1e1) to be known
1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle)
1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare
1g) (Hophal) to be made known
1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself |
wə·lā·ṯūr
to explore ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 8446 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to seek, search out, spy out, explore
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to seek out, select, find out how to do something
1a2) to spy out, explore
1a2a) explorers, spies (participle)
1a3) to go about
1a3a) merchant, trader (participle)
1b) (Hiphil) to make a search, make a reconnaissance |
ū·ḇaq·qêš
to search out
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 1245 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to seek to find
1a2) to seek to secure
1a3) to seek the face
1a4) to desire, demand
1a5) to require, exact
1a6) to ask, request
1b) (Pual) to be sought |
ḥāḵ·māh
wisdom
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2451 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wisdom
1a) skill (in war)
1b) wisdom (in administration)
1c) shrewdness, wisdom
1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)
1e) wisdom (ethical and religious) |
wə·ḥeš·bō·wn
and explanations ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) account, reasoning, reckoning |
wə·lā·ḏa·‘aṯ
and to understand
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 3045 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to know
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to know
1a1a) to know, learn to know
1a1b) to perceive
1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern
1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish
1a1e) to know by experience
1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess
1a1g) to consider
1a2) to know, be acquainted with
1a3) to know (a person carnally)
1a4) to know how, be skilful in
1a5) to have knowledge, be wise
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed
1b2) to make oneself known
1b3) to be perceived
1b4) to be instructed
1c) (Piel) to cause to know
1d) (Poal) to cause to know
1e) (Pual)
1e1) to be known
1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle)
1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare
1g) (Hophal) to be made known
1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself |
ke·sel
the stupidity
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3689 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) loins, flank
2) stupidity, folly
3) confidence, hope |
re·ša‘
of wickedness
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7562 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wrong, wickedness, guilt
1a) wickedness (as violence and crime against civil law)
1b) wickedness (of enemies)
1c) wickedness (in ethical relations) |
wə·has·siḵ·lūṯ
and the folly
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5531 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) folly, foolishness |
hō·w·lê·lō·wṯ
of madness .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 1947 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) madness |
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And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared. |
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’ă·nî
And I
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 589 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) |
ū·mō·w·ṣe
find
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4672 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to find, attain to
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to find
1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)
1a1b) to find (what is lost)
1a1c) to meet, encounter
1a1d) to find (a condition)
1a1e) to learn, devise
1a2) to find out
1a2a) to find out
1a2b) to detect
1a2c) to guess
1a3) to come upon, light upon
1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with
1a3b) to hit
1a3c) to befall
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be found
1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered
1b1b) to appear, be recognised
1b1c) to be discovered, be detected
1b1d) to be gained, be secured
1b2) to be, be found
1b2a) to be found in
1b2b) to be in the possession of
1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be
1b2d) to be left (after war)
1b2e) to be present
1b2f) to prove to be
1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to find, attain
1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come
1c3) to cause to encounter
1c4) to present (offering) |
mar
more bitter
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4751 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) bitter, bitterness
1a) of water or food
1b) of harlot's end, end of wickedness, cry (fig.)
1c) of pain (subst)
adv
2) bitterly |
mim·mā·weṯ
than death
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4194 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead
1a) death
1b) death by violence (as a penalty)
1c) state of death, place of death |
’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
hā·’iš·šāh
the woman
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 802 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun) |
’ă·šer-
who
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
hî
. . .
| Grammar | Pronoun - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1931 |
| BSB/Thayers | pron 3p s
1) he, she, it
1a) himself (with emphasis)
1b) resuming subj with emphasis
1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate)
1d) (anticipating subj)
1e) (emphasising predicate)
1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron
2) that (with article) |
mə·ṣō·w·ḏîm
[is] a snare ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4685 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) siege-works, bulwark
2) hunting implement, net
n f
3) net
4) fastness, stronghold |
lib·bāh
whose heart
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
wa·ḥă·rā·mîm
[is] a net ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 2764 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) a thing devoted, thing dedicated, ban, devotion
2) a net, thing perforated
3) have been utterly destroyed, (appointed to) utter destruction |
yā·ḏe·hā
and whose hands
| Grammar | Noun - feminine dual construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3027 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) hand
1a) hand (of man)
1b) strength, power (fig.)
1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
1d) (various special, technical senses)
1d1) sign, monument
1d2) part, fractional part, share
1d3) time, repetition
1d4) axle-trees, axle
1d5) stays, support (for laver)
1d6) tenons (in tabernacle)
1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
1d8) wrists |
’ă·sū·rîm
[are] chains .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 612 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) band, bond
2) house of bonds, prison (figurative) |
ṭō·wḇ
The man who pleases
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
lip̄·nê
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct |
| Strongs | 6440 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) face
1a) face, faces
1b) presence, person
1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim)
1d) face (of animals)
1e) face, surface (of ground)
1f) as adv of loc/temp
1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before
1g) with prep
1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of |
hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm
God
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (plural)
1a) rulers, judges
1b) divine ones
1c) angels
1d) gods
2) (plural intensive-singular meaning)
2a) god, goddess
2b) godlike one
2c) works or special possessions of God
2d) the (true) God
2e) God |
yim·mā·lêṭ
escapes
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4422 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to slip away, escape, deliver, save, be delivered
1a)(Niphal)
1a1) to slip away
1a2) to escape
1a3) to be delivered
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to lay, let slip out (of eggs)
1b2) to let escape
1b3) to deliver, save (life)
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to give birth to
1c2) to deliver
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to slip forth, slip out, escape
1d2) to escape |
mim·men·nāh
her ,
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4480 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than
1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of
1b) out of
1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling)
1b2) (of material from which something is made)
1b3) (of source or origin)
1c) out of, some of, from (partitively)
1d) from, since, after (of time)
1e) than, more than (in comparison)
1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or
1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons)
1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive)
conj
2) that |
wə·ḥō·w·ṭê
but the sinner
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2398 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to miss
1a2) to sin, miss the goal or path of right and duty
1a3) to incur guilt, incur penalty by sin, forfeit
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to bear loss
1b2) to make a sin-offering
1b3) to purify from sin
1b4) to purify from uncleanness
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to miss the mark
1c2) to induce to sin, cause to sin
1c3) to bring into guilt or condemnation or punishment
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to miss oneself, lose oneself, wander from the way
1d2) to purify oneself from uncleanness |
yil·lā·ḵeḏ
is ensnared
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3920 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to capture, take, seize
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to capture, seize
1a2) to capture (of men) (fig.)
1a3) to take (by lot)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured
1b2) to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.)
1c) (Hithpael) to grasp each other |
bāh
.
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
ט֞וֹבṭō·wḇ The man who pleases |
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rə·’êh
“ Behold , ”
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7200 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to see
1a2) to see, perceive
1a3) to see, have vision
1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out
1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish
1a6) to look at, gaze at
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to appear, present oneself
1b2) to be seen
1b3) to be visible
1c) (Pual) to be seen
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to see, show
1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be caused to see, be shown
1e2) to be exhibited to
1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
’ā·mə·rāh
says
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 559 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter
1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
qō·he·leṯ
the Teacher ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6953 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) collector (of sentences), preacher, public speaker, speaker in an assembly, Qoheleth |
mā·ṣā·ṯî
“ I have discovered
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 4672 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to find, attain to
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to find
1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)
1a1b) to find (what is lost)
1a1c) to meet, encounter
1a1d) to find (a condition)
1a1e) to learn, devise
1a2) to find out
1a2a) to find out
1a2b) to detect
1a2c) to guess
1a3) to come upon, light upon
1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with
1a3b) to hit
1a3c) to befall
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be found
1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered
1b1b) to appear, be recognised
1b1c) to be discovered, be detected
1b1d) to be gained, be secured
1b2) to be, be found
1b2a) to be found in
1b2b) to be in the possession of
1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be
1b2d) to be left (after war)
1b2e) to be present
1b2f) to prove to be
1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to find, attain
1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come
1c3) to cause to encounter
1c4) to present (offering) |
zeh
this
| Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2088 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such
1a) (alone)
1a1) this one
1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another
1b) (appos to subst)
1b1) this
1c) (as predicate)
1c1) this, such
1d) (enclitically)
1d1) then
1d2) who, whom
1d3) how now, what now
1d4) what now
1d5) wherefore now
1d6) behold here
1d7) just now
1d8) now, now already
1e) (poetry)
1e1) wherein, which, those who
1f) (with prefixes)
1f1) in this (place) here, then
1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter
1f3) thus and thus
1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus
1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side
1f6) on this account
1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
’a·ḥaṯ
by adding one
| Grammar | Number - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 259 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) one (number)
1a) one (number)
1b) each, every
1c) a certain
1d) an (indefinite article)
1e) only, once, once for all
1f) one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one
1g) first
1h) eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal) |
lə·’a·ḥaṯ
thing to another
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Number - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 259 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) one (number)
1a) one (number)
1b) each, every
1c) a certain
1d) an (indefinite article)
1e) only, once, once for all
1f) one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one
1g) first
1h) eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal) |
lim·ṣō
to find
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 4672 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to find, attain to
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to find
1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)
1a1b) to find (what is lost)
1a1c) to meet, encounter
1a1d) to find (a condition)
1a1e) to learn, devise
1a2) to find out
1a2a) to find out
1a2b) to detect
1a2c) to guess
1a3) to come upon, light upon
1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with
1a3b) to hit
1a3c) to befall
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be found
1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered
1b1b) to appear, be recognised
1b1c) to be discovered, be detected
1b1d) to be gained, be secured
1b2) to be, be found
1b2a) to be found in
1b2b) to be in the possession of
1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be
1b2d) to be left (after war)
1b2e) to be present
1b2f) to prove to be
1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to find, attain
1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come
1c3) to cause to encounter
1c4) to present (offering) |
ḥeš·bō·wn
an explanation .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) account, reasoning, reckoning |
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’ă·šer
While
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
nap̄·šî
my soul
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 5315 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
1b) living being
1c) living being (with life in the blood)
1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
1e) seat of the appetites
1f) seat of emotions and passions
1g) activity of mind
1g1) dubious
1h) activity of the will
1h1) dubious
1i) activity of the character
1i1) dubious |
‘ō·wḏ-
was still
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 5750 |
| BSB/Thayers | subst
1) a going round, continuance
adv
2) still, yet, again, besides
2a) still, yet (of continuance or persistence)
2b) still, yet, more (of addition or repetition)
2c) again
2d) still, moreover, besides |
biq·šāh
searching
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1245 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to seek to find
1a2) to seek to secure
1a3) to seek the face
1a4) to desire, demand
1a5) to require, exact
1a6) to ask, request
1b) (Pual) to be sought |
wə·lō
but not
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
mā·ṣā·ṯî
finding ,
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 4672 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to find, attain to
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to find
1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)
1a1b) to find (what is lost)
1a1c) to meet, encounter
1a1d) to find (a condition)
1a1e) to learn, devise
1a2) to find out
1a2a) to find out
1a2b) to detect
1a2c) to guess
1a3) to come upon, light upon
1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with
1a3b) to hit
1a3c) to befall
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be found
1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered
1b1b) to appear, be recognised
1b1c) to be discovered, be detected
1b1d) to be gained, be secured
1b2) to be, be found
1b2a) to be found in
1b2b) to be in the possession of
1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be
1b2d) to be left (after war)
1b2e) to be present
1b2f) to prove to be
1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to find, attain
1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come
1c3) to cause to encounter
1c4) to present (offering) |
mê·’e·lep̄
among a thousand
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Number - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 505 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) a thousand
1a) as numeral
2) a thousand, company
2a) as a company of men under one leader, troops |
mā·ṣā·ṯî
I have found
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 4672 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to find, attain to
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to find
1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)
1a1b) to find (what is lost)
1a1c) to meet, encounter
1a1d) to find (a condition)
1a1e) to learn, devise
1a2) to find out
1a2a) to find out
1a2b) to detect
1a2c) to guess
1a3) to come upon, light upon
1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with
1a3b) to hit
1a3c) to befall
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be found
1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered
1b1b) to appear, be recognised
1b1c) to be discovered, be detected
1b1d) to be gained, be secured
1b2) to be, be found
1b2a) to be found in
1b2b) to be in the possession of
1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be
1b2d) to be left (after war)
1b2e) to be present
1b2f) to prove to be
1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to find, attain
1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come
1c3) to cause to encounter
1c4) to present (offering) |
’e·ḥāḏ
one
| Grammar | Number - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 259 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) one (number)
1a) one (number)
1b) each, every
1c) a certain
1d) an (indefinite article)
1e) only, once, once for all
1f) one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one
1g) first
1h) eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal) |
’ā·ḏām
[upright] man ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 120 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man, mankind
1a) man, human being
1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)
1c) Adam, first man
1d) city in Jordan valley |
ḇə·ḵāl-
but among all
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
’êl·leh
these
| Grammar | Pronoun - common plural |
| Strongs | 428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) these
1a) used before antecedent
1b) used following antecedent |
lō
I have not
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
mā·ṣā·ṯî
found
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 4672 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to find, attain to
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to find
1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)
1a1b) to find (what is lost)
1a1c) to meet, encounter
1a1d) to find (a condition)
1a1e) to learn, devise
1a2) to find out
1a2a) to find out
1a2b) to detect
1a2c) to guess
1a3) to come upon, light upon
1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with
1a3b) to hit
1a3c) to befall
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be found
1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered
1b1b) to appear, be recognised
1b1c) to be discovered, be detected
1b1d) to be gained, be secured
1b2) to be, be found
1b2a) to be found in
1b2b) to be in the possession of
1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be
1b2d) to be left (after war)
1b2e) to be present
1b2f) to prove to be
1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to find, attain
1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come
1c3) to cause to encounter
1c4) to present (offering) |
wə·’iš·šāh
[one such] woman .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 802 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun) |
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lə·ḇaḏ
Only
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 905 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) alone, by itself, besides, a part, separation, being alone
1a) separation, alone, by itself
1a1) only (adv)
1a2) apart from, besides (prep)
1b) part
1c) parts (eg limbs, shoots), bars |
zeh
this
| Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2088 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such
1a) (alone)
1a1) this one
1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another
1b) (appos to subst)
1b1) this
1c) (as predicate)
1c1) this, such
1d) (enclitically)
1d1) then
1d2) who, whom
1d3) how now, what now
1d4) what now
1d5) wherefore now
1d6) behold here
1d7) just now
1d8) now, now already
1e) (poetry)
1e1) wherein, which, those who
1f) (with prefixes)
1f1) in this (place) here, then
1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter
1f3) thus and thus
1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus
1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side
1f6) on this account
1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
rə·’êh-
have I found :
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7200 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to see
1a2) to see, perceive
1a3) to see, have vision
1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out
1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish
1a6) to look at, gaze at
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to appear, present oneself
1b2) to be seen
1b3) to be visible
1c) (Pual) to be seen
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to see, show
1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be caused to see, be shown
1e2) to be exhibited to
1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
mā·ṣā·ṯî
I have discovered
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 4672 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to find, attain to
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to find
1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)
1a1b) to find (what is lost)
1a1c) to meet, encounter
1a1d) to find (a condition)
1a1e) to learn, devise
1a2) to find out
1a2a) to find out
1a2b) to detect
1a2c) to guess
1a3) to come upon, light upon
1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with
1a3b) to hit
1a3c) to befall
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be found
1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered
1b1b) to appear, be recognised
1b1c) to be discovered, be detected
1b1d) to be gained, be secured
1b2) to be, be found
1b2a) to be found in
1b2b) to be in the possession of
1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be
1b2d) to be left (after war)
1b2e) to be present
1b2f) to prove to be
1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to find, attain
1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come
1c3) to cause to encounter
1c4) to present (offering) |
’ă·šer
that
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm
God
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (plural)
1a) rulers, judges
1b) divine ones
1c) angels
1d) gods
2) (plural intensive-singular meaning)
2a) god, goddess
2b) godlike one
2c) works or special possessions of God
2d) the (true) God
2e) God |
’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
‘ā·śāh
made
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
hā·’ā·ḏām
men
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 120 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man, mankind
1a) man, human being
1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)
1c) Adam, first man
1d) city in Jordan valley |
yā·šār
upright ,
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3477 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) straight, upright, correct, right
1a) straight, level
1b) right, pleasing, correct
1c) straightforward, just, upright, fitting, proper
1d) uprightness, righteous, upright
1e) that which is upright (subst) |
wə·hêm·māh
but they
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1992 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) they, these, the same, who |
ḇiq·šū
have sought out
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural |
| Strongs | 1245 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to seek to find
1a2) to seek to secure
1a3) to seek the face
1a4) to desire, demand
1a5) to require, exact
1a6) to ask, request
1b) (Pual) to be sought |
rab·bîm
many
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 7227 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) much, many, great
1a) much
1b) many
1c) abounding in
1d) more numerous than
1e) abundant, enough
1f) great
1g) strong
1h) greater than
adv
1i) much, exceedingly
n m
2) captain, chief |
ḥiš·šə·ḇō·nō·wṯ
schemes . ”
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 2810 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) device, invention |
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