Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 5:11 Interlinear

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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1בִּרְבוֹת֙H7235increaseto increase (in whatever respect)
2הַטּוֹבָ֔הH2896When goodsgood (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
3רַבּ֖וּH7231they are increasedproperly, to cast together , i.e., increase, especially in number; to multiply by the myriad
4אוֹכְלֶ֑יהָH398that eatto eat (literally or figuratively)
5וּמַהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
6כִּשְׁרוֹן֙H3788them and what goodsuccess, advantage
7לִבְעָלֶ֔יהָH1167is there to the ownersa master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
8כִּ֖יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
9אִםH518thereof savingused very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
10רְא֥יּתH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
11עֵינָֽיו׃H5869of them with their eyesan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

Verse Context

Ecclesiastes 5:10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied silver ...
Ecclesiastes 5:11 (current)increase When goods they are increased that eat them and what good is there to the owners thereof saving of them with their eyes
Ecclesiastes 5:12is sweet The sleep of a labouring man little ...

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