Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 7:10 Interlinear

Say days not thou What is the cause that the former were better wisely than these for thou dost not enquire

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1אַלH408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
2תֹּאמַר֙H559Sayto say (used with great latitude)
3מֶ֣הH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
4הָיָ֔הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
5שֶׁ֤הַיָּמִים֙H3117daysa 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
6הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםH7223not thou What is the cause that the formerfirst, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
7הָי֥וּH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
8טוֹבִ֖יםH2896were 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
9מֵאֵ֑לֶּהH428these or those
10כִּ֛יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
11לֹ֥אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
12מֵחָכְמָ֖הH2451wiselywisdom (in a good sense)
13שָׁאַ֥לְתָּH7592than these for thou dost not enquireto inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
14עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
15זֶֽה׃H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

Verse Context

Ecclesiastes 7:9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry for anger...
Ecclesiastes 7:10 (current) Say days not thou What is the cause that the former were better wisely than these for thou dost not enquire
Ecclesiastes 7:11is good Wisdom with an inheritance and by it there is profit to them that see...

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