Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 6:3 Interlinear

beget If a man an hundred of his years be many children and live be many so that the days of his years and his soul be not filled is better and also that he have no burial I say is better that an untimely birth

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
2יוֹלִ֣ידH3205begetto bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
3אִ֣ישׁH376If a mana man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
4מֵאָ֡הH3967an hundreda hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
5שָׁנָ֗יוH8141of his yearsa year (as a revolution of time)
6וְרַ֣ב׀H7227be manyabundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
7יִֽחְיֶ֜הH2421children and liveto live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
8וְרַ֣ב׀H7227be manyabundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
9שֶׁיִּהְי֣וּH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
10יְמֵֽיH3117so that the daysa day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
11שָׁנָ֗יוH8141of his yearsa year (as a revolution of time)
12וְנַפְשׁוֹ֙H5315and his soulproperly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
13לֹאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
14תִשְׂבַּ֣עH7646be not filledto sate, i.e., fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
15מִןH4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
16ט֥וֹבH2896is bettergood (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
17וְגַםH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
18קְבוּרָ֖הH6900and also that he have no burialsepulture; (concretely) a sepulcher
19לֹאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
20הָ֣יְתָהH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
21לּ֑וֹH0
22אָמַ֕רְתִּיH559I sayto say (used with great latitude)
23ט֥וֹבH2896is bettergood (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
24מִמֶּ֖נּוּH4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
25הַנָּֽפֶל׃H5309that an untimely birthsomething fallen, i.e., an abortion

Verse Context

Ecclesiastes 6:2A man hath given to whom God riches...
Ecclesiastes 6:3 (current) beget If a man an hundred of his years be many children and live be many so that the days of his years and his soul be not filled is better and also that he have no burial I say is better that an untimely birth
Ecclesiastes 6:4 in with vanity For he cometh in darkness in darkness...

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