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Ecclesiastes 6:3
🇮🇱 BIBLICAL HEBREW

📖 King James Version

If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.

🔤 Interlinear Analysis — Hebrew (BDB)

# Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Translation Definition
1 אִם אּם H518 HC אּם a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrog., whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not: (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), + but, either, + except, + more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, + save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, + surely (no more, none, not), though, + of a truth, + unless, + verily, when, whereas, whether, while, + yet.
2 יוֹלִ֣יד יָלַד H3205 HVhi3ms יָלַד a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
3 אִ֣ישׁ אּישׁ H376 HNcmsa אּישׁ contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation): also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare נָשִׁים.
4 מֵאָ֡ה NONE H3967 HAcbsa NONE or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
5 וְ/שָׁנִים֩ שָׁנִים H8141 HC/Ncfpa שָׁנִים in plural or feminine shanah; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time): + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
6 רַבּ֨וֹת רָב H7227 HAafpa רָב by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality): (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
7 יִֽחְיֶ֜ה חָיָה H2421 HVqi3ms חָיָה a primitive root (compare חָוָה, חָיָה); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive: keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole.
8 וְ/רַ֣ב רָב H7227 HC/Aamsa רָב by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality): (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
9 שֶׁ/יִּהְי֣וּ הָיָה H1961 HTr/Vqi3mp הָיָה a primitive root (compare הָוָה); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary): beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.
10 יְמֵֽי יוֹם H3117 HNcmpc יוֹם from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb): age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
11 שָׁנָ֗י/ו שָׁנִים H8141 HNcfpc/Sp3ms שָׁנִים in plural or feminine shanah; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time): + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
12 וְ/נַפְשׁ/וֹ֙ נָ֫פֶשׁ H5315 HC/Ncbsc/Sp3ms נָ֫פֶשׁ from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental): any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
13 לֹא לֹא H3808 HTn לֹא or lowi; or loh (Deut. 3:11); a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows): X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.
14 תִשְׂבַּ֣ע שָׂבַע H7646 HVqi3fs שָׂבַע or sabeay; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively): have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
15 מִן מִן H4480 HR מִן or minniy; or minney (constructive plural); (Isaiah 30:11); for מִנִּים; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses (as follows): above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, X neither, X nor, (out) of, over, since, X then, through, X whether, with.
16 הַ/טּוֹבָ֔ה טוֹב H2896 HTd/Aafsa טוֹב from טוֹב; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well): beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
17 וְ/גַם גַּם H1571 HC/Ta גַּם by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and: again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
18 קְבוּרָ֖ה קְבוּרָה H6900 HNcfsa קְבוּרָה or qburah; feminine passive participle of קָבַר; sepulture; (concretely) a sepulchre: burial, burying place, grave, sepulchre.
19 לֹא לֹא H3808 HTn לֹא or lowi; or loh (Deut. 3:11); a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows): X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.
20 הָ֣יְתָה הָיָה H1961 HVqp3fs הָיָה a primitive root (compare הָוָה); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary): beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.
21 לּ֑/וֹ HR/Sp3ms
22 אָמַ֕רְתִּי אָמַר H559 HVqp1cs אָמַר a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude): answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
23 ט֥וֹב טוֹב H2896 HAamsa טוֹב from טוֹב; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well): beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
24 מִמֶּ֖/נּוּ מִן H4480 HR/Sp1cp מִן or minniy; or minney (constructive plural); (Isaiah 30:11); for מִנִּים; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses (as follows): above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, X neither, X nor, (out) of, over, since, X then, through, X whether, with.
25 הַ/נָּֽפֶל נָ֫פֶל H5309 HTd/Ncmsa נָ֫פֶל or nephel; from נָפַל; something fallen, i.e. an abortion: untimely birth.