Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 9:4 Interlinear
“ For for a living to him that is there is hope dog for a living is better lion than a dead”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | כִּי | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 2 | מִי֙ | H4310 | For | who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix |
| 3 | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 4 | יְבֻחַּ֔ר | H977 | properly, to try, i.e., (by implication) select | |
| 5 | אֶ֥ל | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 6 | כָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 7 | חַי֙ | H2416 | for a living | alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin |
| 8 | יֵ֣שׁ | H3426 | to him that is | there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection) |
| 9 | בִּטָּח֑וֹן | H986 | there is hope | trust |
| 10 | כִּֽי | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 11 | לְכֶ֤לֶב | H3611 | dog | a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute |
| 12 | חַי֙ | H2416 | for a living | alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin |
| 13 | ה֣וּא | H1931 | he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo | |
| 14 | ט֔וֹב | H2896 | is 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 |
| 15 | מִן | H4480 | properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | |
| 16 | הָאַרְיֵ֖ה | H738 | lion | a lion |
| 17 | הַמֵּֽת׃ | H4191 | than a dead | to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill |
Verse Context
Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done ...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 (current) For for a living to him that is there is hope dog for a living is better lion than a dead
Ecclesiastes 9:5 For the living know but the dead but the dead ...