Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 7:26 Interlinear

And I find more bitter than death the woman is snares and nets whose heart as bands and her hands whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her but the sinner shall be taken

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וּמוֹצֶ֨אH4672And I findproperly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
2אֲנִ֜יH589i
3מַ֣רH4751more bitterbitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
4מִמָּ֗וֶתH4194than deathdeath (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
5אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
6הָֽאִשָּׁה֙H802the womana woman
7אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
8הִ֨יאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
9מְצוֹדִ֧יםH4685is snaresa fastness or (beseiging) tower
10וַחֲרָמִ֛יםH2764and netsphysical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination
11לִבָּ֖הּH3820whose heartthe heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
12אֲסוּרִ֣יםH612as bandsa bond (especially manacles of a prisoner)
13יָדֶ֑יהָH3027and her handsa hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
14ט֞וֹבH2896whoso pleasethgood (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
15לִפְנֵ֤יH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
16הָאֱלֹהִים֙H430Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
17יִמָּלֵ֣טH4422shall escapeproperly, to be smooth, i.e., (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth youn
18מִמֶּ֔נָּהH4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
19וְחוֹטֵ֖אH2398from her but the sinnerproperly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
20יִלָּ֥כֶדH3920shall be takento catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
21בָּֽהּ׃H0

Verse Context

Ecclesiastes 7:25I applied mine heart of things and to know and to search and to seek out...
Ecclesiastes 7:26 (current)And I find more bitter than death the woman is snares and nets whose heart as bands and her hands whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her but the sinner shall be taken
Ecclesiastes 7:27Behold this have I found saith the preacher by one...

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