Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 8:3 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Ecclesiastes 8:3, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

Be not hasty of his sight stand thing not in an evil whatsoever pleaseth for he doeth

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1אַלH408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
2תִּבָּהֵ֤לH926Be not hastyto tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e., (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
3מִפָּנָיו֙H6440of his sightthe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
4תֵּלֵ֔ךְH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
5אַֽלH408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
6תַּעֲמֹ֖דH5975standto stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
7בְּדָבָ֣רH1697thinga word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
8רָ֑עH7451not in an evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
9כִּ֛יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
10כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
11אֲשֶׁ֥רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
12יַחְפֹּ֖ץH2654whatsoever pleasethproperly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
13יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃H6213for he doethto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

Verse Context

Ecclesiastes 8:2 commandment the king's I counsel thee to keep and that in regard...
Ecclesiastes 8:3 (current) Be not hasty of his sight stand thing not in an evil whatsoever pleaseth for he doeth
Ecclesiastes 8:4 Where the word of a king is there is power and who may say...

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