Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 5:8 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Ecclesiastes 5:8, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“ the oppression of the poor and violent perverting of judgment and justice If thou seest in a province marvel than they not at the matter and there be higher than they and there be higher regardeth and there be higher than they”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | אִם | H518 | used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | |
| 2 | עֹ֣שֶׁק | H6233 | the oppression | injury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain |
| 3 | רָ֠שׁ | H7326 | of the poor | to be destitute |
| 4 | וְגֵ֨זֶל | H1499 | and violent | plunder, i.e., violence |
| 5 | מִשְׁפָּ֤ט | H4941 | perverting of judgment | properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind |
| 6 | וָצֶ֙דֶק֙ | H6664 | and justice | the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity |
| 7 | תִּרְאֶ֣ה | H7200 | If thou seest | to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) |
| 8 | בַמְּדִינָ֔ה | H4082 | in a province | properly, a judgeship, i.e., jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region |
| 9 | אַל | H408 | not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing | |
| 10 | תִּתְמַ֖הּ | H8539 | marvel | to be in consternation |
| 11 | עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ | H5921 | than they | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
| 12 | הַחֵ֑פֶץ | H2656 | not at the matter | pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind) |
| 13 | כִּ֣י | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 14 | וּגְבֹהִ֖ים | H1364 | and there be higher | elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant |
| 15 | עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ | H5921 | than they | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
| 16 | וּגְבֹהִ֖ים | H1364 | and there be higher | elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant |
| 17 | שֹׁמֵ֔ר | H8104 | regardeth | properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc |
| 18 | וּגְבֹהִ֖ים | H1364 | and there be higher | elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant |
| 19 | עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ | H5921 | than they | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
Verse Context
Ecclesiastes 5:7 For in the multitude of dreams there are also divers vanities words and many...
Ecclesiastes 5:8 (current) the oppression of the poor and violent perverting of judgment and justice If thou seest in a province marvel than they not at the matter and there be higher than they and there be higher regardeth and there be higher than they
Ecclesiastes 5:9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all the king by the field...