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
| # | 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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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
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