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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