Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 4:3 Interlinear
“Yea better is he than both they which hath not yet been who hath not seen work the evil that is done under the sun”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְטוֹב֙ | H2896 | Yea better | good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good |
| 2 | מִשְּׁנֵיהֶ֔ם | H8147 | is he than both | two; also (as ordinal) twofold |
| 3 | אֵ֥ת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 4 | אֲשֶׁר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 5 | עֲדֶ֖ן | H5728 | they which hath not yet | till now |
| 6 | לֹ֣א | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 7 | הָיָ֑ה | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 8 | אֲשֶׁ֤ר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 9 | לֹֽא | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 10 | רָאָה֙ | H7200 | been who hath not seen | to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) |
| 11 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 12 | הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה | H4639 | work | an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property |
| 13 | הָרָ֔ע | H7451 | the evil | bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) |
| 14 | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 15 | נַעֲשָׂ֖ה | H6213 | that is done | to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application |
| 16 | תַּ֥חַת | H8478 | the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc | |
| 17 | הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ | H8121 | under the sun | the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement |
Verse Context
Ecclesiastes 4:2Wherefore I praised dead which are already dead...
Ecclesiastes 4:3 (current)Yea better is he than both they which hath not yet been who hath not seen work the evil that is done under the sun
Ecclesiastes 4:4Again I considered all travail ...