Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 5:12 Interlinear
“is sweet The sleep of a labouring man little or much whether he eat but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | מְתוּקָה֙ | H4966 | is sweet | sweet |
| 2 | שְׁנַ֣ת | H8142 | The sleep | sleep |
| 3 | הָעֹבֵ֔ד | H5647 | of a labouring man | to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc |
| 4 | אִם | H518 | used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | |
| 5 | מְעַ֥ט | H4592 | little | a little or few (often adverbial or comparative) |
| 6 | וְאִם | H518 | used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | |
| 7 | הַרְבֵּ֖ה | H7235 | or much | to increase (in whatever respect) |
| 8 | יֹאכֵ֑ל | H398 | whether he eat | to eat (literally or figuratively) |
| 9 | וְהַשָּׂבָע֙ | H7647 | but the abundance | copiousness |
| 10 | לֶֽעָשִׁ֔יר | H6223 | of the rich | rich, whether literal or figurative (noble) |
| 11 | אֵינֶ֛נּוּ | H369 | a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle | |
| 12 | מַנִּ֥יחַֽ | H3240 | will not suffer | to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay |
| 13 | ל֖וֹ | H0 | ||
| 14 | לִישֽׁוֹן׃ | H3462 | him to sleep | properly, to be slack or languid, i.e., (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate |
Verse Context
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