Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 10:4 Interlinear

If the spirit of the ruler rise up not thy place against thee leave for yielding against thee leave offences great

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
2ר֤וּחַH7307If the spiritwind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
3הַמּוֹשֵׁל֙H4910of the rulerto rule
4תַּעֲלֶ֣הH5927rise upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
5עָלֶ֔יךָH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
6מְקוֹמְךָ֖H4725not thy placeproperly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
7אַלH408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
8יַנִּ֖יחַH3240against thee leaveto deposit; by implication, to allow to stay
9כִּ֣יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
10מַרְפֵּ֔אH4832for yieldingproperly, curative, i.e., literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity
11יַנִּ֖יחַH3240against thee leaveto deposit; by implication, to allow to stay
12חֲטָאִ֥יםH2399offencesa crime or its penalty
13גְּדוֹלִֽים׃H1419greatgreat (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

Verse Context

Ecclesiastes 10:3 by the way Yea also when he that is a fool walketh his wisdom faileth...
Ecclesiastes 10:4 (current) If the spirit of the ruler rise up not thy place against thee leave for yielding against thee leave offences great
Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun as an error...

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