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Ecclesiastes 4:2 Interlinear

“Wherefore I praised dead which are already dead alive alive which are yet”

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Ecclesiastes 4 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְשַׁבֵּ֧חַ	H7623	Wherefore I praised	properly, to address in a loud tone, i.e., (specifically) loud
2	אֲנִ֛י	H589		i
3	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4	מֵ֑תוּ	H4191	dead	to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
5	שֶׁכְּבָ֣ר	H3528	which are already	properly, extent of time, i.e., a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto
6	מֵ֑תוּ	H4191	dead	to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
7	מִן	H4480		properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
8	חַיִּ֖ים	H2416	alive	alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
9	אֲשֶׁ֛ר	H834		who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
10	הֵ֥מָּה	H1992		they (only used when emphatic)
11	חַיִּ֖ים	H2416	alive	alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
12	עֲדֶֽנָה׃	H5728	which are yet	till now

Ecclesiastes 4:2 (current)Wherefore I praised dead which are already dead alive alive which are yet