Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 9:14 Interlinear
“city There was a little men and few within it and there came king a great against it and besieged it and built bulwarks a great”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | עִ֣יר | H5892 | city | a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) |
| 2 | קְטַנָּ֔ה | H6996 | There was a little | abbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance) |
| 3 | וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים | H582 | men | properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively) |
| 4 | בָּ֖הּ | H0 | ||
| 5 | מְעָ֑ט | H4592 | and few | a little or few (often adverbial or comparative) |
| 6 | וּבָֽא | H935 | within it and there came | to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) |
| 7 | אֵלֶ֜יהָ | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 8 | מֶ֤לֶךְ | H4428 | king | a king |
| 9 | גְּדֹלִֽים׃ | H1419 | a great | great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent |
| 10 | וְסָבַ֣ב | H5437 | against it and besieged | to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively |
| 11 | אֹתָ֔הּ | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 12 | וּבָנָ֥ה | H1129 | it and built | to build (literally and figuratively) |
| 13 | עָלֶ֖יהָ | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 14 | מְצוֹדִ֥ים | H4685 | bulwarks | a fastness or (beseiging) tower |
| 15 | גְּדֹלִֽים׃ | H1419 | a great | great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent |
Verse Context
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Ecclesiastes 9:14 (current)city There was a little men and few within it and there came king a great against it and besieged it and built bulwarks a great
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