Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 5:11 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Ecclesiastes 5:11, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“increase When goods they are increased that eat them and what good is there to the owners thereof saving of them with their eyes”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | בִּרְבוֹת֙ | H7235 | increase | to increase (in whatever respect) |
| 2 | הַטּוֹבָ֔ה | H2896 | When goods | 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 |
| 3 | רַבּ֖וּ | H7231 | they are increased | properly, to cast together , i.e., increase, especially in number; to multiply by the myriad |
| 4 | אוֹכְלֶ֑יהָ | H398 | that eat | to eat (literally or figuratively) |
| 5 | וּמַה | H4100 | properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and | |
| 6 | כִּשְׁרוֹן֙ | H3788 | them and what good | success, advantage |
| 7 | לִבְעָלֶ֔יהָ | H1167 | is there to the owners | a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense) |
| 8 | כִּ֖י | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 9 | אִם | H518 | thereof saving | used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not |
| 10 | רְא֥יּת | H7200 | to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) | |
| 11 | עֵינָֽיו׃ | H5869 | of them with their eyes | an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
Verse Context
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