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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְטוֹב֙H2896Yea bettergood (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
2מִשְּׁנֵיהֶ֔םH8147is he than bothtwo; also (as ordinal) twofold
3אֵ֥תH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
5עֲדֶ֖ןH5728they which hath not yettill now
6לֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
7הָיָ֑הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
8אֲשֶׁ֤רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
9לֹֽאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
10רָאָה֙H7200been who hath not seento see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
11אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
12הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֣הH4639workan action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
13הָרָ֔עH7451the evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
14אֲשֶׁ֥רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
15נַעֲשָׂ֖הH6213that is doneto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
16תַּ֥חַתH8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
17הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃H8121under the sunthe 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 ...

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