Ecclesiastes 4:2
KJV:
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
BSB:
So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
Hebrew:
וְשַׁבֵּ֧חַ אֲנִ֛י אֶת־ הַמֵּתִ֖ים שֶׁכְּבָ֣ר מֵ֑תוּ מִן־ הַ֣חַיִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥מָּה חַיִּ֖ים עֲדֶֽנָה׃
Topics:
DEATH
LXX:
Greek Text

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Translation Hebrew/Aramaic Transliteration [morphology] Texts
and I congratulated וְ‏‏שַׁבֵּ֧חַ ve.HC sha.Be.achHVpcc L
I אֲנִ֛י 'a.NiHPp1bs L
<obj.> אֶת‏‏־ 'et-HTo L
the dead הַ‏‏מֵּתִ֖ים ha.HTd me.TimHVqrmpa L
who already שֶׁ‏‏כְּבָ֣ר she.HTr ke.VarHNcmsa L
they had died מֵ֑תוּ Me.tuHVqp3cp L
more than מִן‏‏־ min-HR L
the living הַ֣‏‏חַיִּ֔ים ha.HTd chai.YimHAampa L
who אֲשֶׁ֛ר 'a.SherHTr L
they הֵ֥מָּה He.mahHPp3mp L
[were] alive חַיִּ֖ים chai.YimHAampa L
still <towards> עֲדֶֽנָ‏‏ה‏‏׃ 'a.De.naHD hHSd L

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