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Ecclesiastes 10:18 Interlinear

“By much slothfulness decayeth the building and through idleness of the hands droppeth through the house”

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Ecclesiastes 10 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	בַּעֲצַלְתַּ֖יִם	H6103	By much slothfulness	(as abstractly) indolence
2	יִמַּ֣ךְ	H4355	decayeth	to tumble (in ruins); figuratively, to perish
3	הַמְּקָרֶ֑ה	H4746	the building	properly, something meeting, i.e., a frame (of timbers)
4	וּבְשִׁפְל֥וּת	H8220	and through idleness	remissness
5	יָדַ֖יִם	H3027	of the hands	a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
6	יִדְלֹ֥ף	H1811	droppeth through	to drip; by implication, to weep
7	הַבָּֽיִת׃	H1004	the house	a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

Ecclesiastes 10:18 (current)By much slothfulness decayeth the building and through idleness of the hands droppeth through the house