Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 10:4 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Ecclesiastes 10:4, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

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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