Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 7:16 Interlinear

“ Be not righteous over much wise neither make thyself over why shouldest thou destroy”

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Ecclesiastes 7 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אַל	H408		not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
2	תְּהִ֤י	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
3	צַדִּיק֙	H6662	Be not righteous	just
4	הַרְבֵּ֔ה	H7235	over much	to increase (in whatever respect)
5	וְאַל	H408		not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
6	תִּתְחַכַּ֖ם	H2449	wise	to be wise (in mind, word or act)
7	יוֹתֵ֑ר	H3148	neither make thyself over	properly, redundant; hence, over and above, as adjective, noun, adverb or conjunction
8	לָ֖מָּה	H4100		properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
9	תִּשּׁוֹמֵֽם׃	H8074	why shouldest thou destroy	to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)

Ecclesiastes 7:16 (current) Be not righteous over much wise neither make thyself over why shouldest thou destroy