Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 4:1 Interlinear
“So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun and behold the tears all the oppressions and they had no comforter and on the side of such as were oppressed there was power and they had no comforter”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְשַׁ֣בְתִּֽי | H7725 | So I returned | to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); |
| 2 | אֲנִ֗י | H589 | i | |
| 3 | וָאֶרְאֶה֙ | H7200 | and considered | to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) |
| 4 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 5 | כָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 6 | הָעֲשֻׁקִ֗ים | H6217 | all the oppressions | used in plural masculine as abstractly, tyranny |
| 7 | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 8 | נַעֲשִׂ֖ים | H6213 | that are done | to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application |
| 9 | תַּ֣חַת | H8478 | the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc | |
| 10 | הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ | H8121 | under the sun | the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement |
| 11 | וְהִנֵּ֣ה׀ | H2009 | lo! | |
| 12 | דִּמְעַ֣ת | H1832 | and behold the tears | weeping |
| 13 | הָעֲשֻׁקִ֗ים | H6217 | all the oppressions | used in plural masculine as abstractly, tyranny |
| 14 | וְאֵ֤ין | H369 | a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle | |
| 15 | לָהֶם֙ | H0 | ||
| 16 | מְנַחֵֽם׃ | H5162 | and they had no comforter | properly, to sigh, i.e., breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e., (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavo |
| 17 | וּמִיַּ֤ד | H3027 | and on the side | 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 |
| 18 | עֹֽשְׁקֵיהֶם֙ | H6231 | of such as were oppressed | to press upon, i.e., oppress, defraud, violate, overflow |
| 19 | כֹּ֔חַ | H3581 | there was power | vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce) |
| 20 | וְאֵ֥ין | H369 | a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle | |
| 21 | לָהֶ֖ם | H0 | ||
| 22 | מְנַחֵֽם׃ | H5162 | and they had no comforter | properly, to sigh, i.e., breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e., (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavo |
Verse Context
Ecclesiastes 4:1 (current)So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun and behold the tears all the oppressions and they had no comforter and on the side of such as were oppressed there was power and they had no comforter
Ecclesiastes 4:2Wherefore I praised dead which are already dead...