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Ecclesiastes 7:8 Interlinear

“Better is the end of a thing than the beginning Better thereof and the patient in spirit than the proud in spirit”

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Ecclesiastes 7 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	ט֥וֹב	H2896	Better	good (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
2	אַחֲרִ֥ית	H319	is the end	the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
3	דָּבָ֖ר	H1697	of a thing	a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
4	מֵֽרֵאשִׁית֑וֹ	H7225	than the beginning	the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
5	ט֥וֹב	H2896	Better	good (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
6	אֶֽרֶךְ	H750	thereof and the patient	long
7	רֽוּחַ׃	H7307	in spirit	wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
8	מִגְּבַהּ	H1362	than the proud	lofty (literally or figuratively)
9	רֽוּחַ׃	H7307	in spirit	wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the

Ecclesiastes 7:8 (current)Better is the end of a thing than the beginning Better thereof and the patient in spirit than the proud in spirit