Ecclesiastes 9:14⥂
KJV:
[There was] a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
BSB:
There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
Hebrew:
עִ֣יר קְטַנָּ֔ה וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים בָּ֖הּ מְעָ֑ט וּבָֽא־ אֵלֶ֜יהָ מֶ֤לֶךְ גָּדוֹל֙ וְסָבַ֣ב אֹתָ֔הּ וּבָנָ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ מְצוֹדִ֥ים גְּדֹלִֽים׃
Topics:
BULWARK • INGRATITUDE • WAR • WISDOM
LXX:
Greek Text
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| Translation | Hebrew/Aramaic | Transliteration [morphology] | Texts |
|---|---|---|---|
| a city | עִ֣יר | 'irHNcfsa | L |
| small | קְטַנָּ֔ה | ke.ta.NahHAafsa | L |
| and men | וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים | va.HC 'a.na.ShimHNcmpa | L |
| in <the> it | בָּ֖הּ | baHRd hHSp3fs | L |
| [were] few | מְעָ֑ט | me.'AtHNcmsa | L |
| and he came | וּבָֽא־ | u.Hc va'-HVqq3ms | L |
| against it | אֵלֶ֜יהָ | 'e.Lei.HRd haHSp3fs | L |
| a king | מֶ֤לֶךְ | Me.lekhHNcmsa | L |
| great | גָּדוֹל֙ | ga.dOlHAamsa | L |
| and he surrounded | וְסָבַ֣ב | ve.Hc sa.VavHVqq3ms | L |
| <obj.> it | אֹתָ֔הּ | 'o.TaHTo hHSp3fs | L |
| and he built | וּבָנָ֥ה | u.Hc va.NahHVqq3ms | L |
| on it | עָלֶ֖יהָ | 'a.Lei.HRd haHSp3fs | L |
| siege works | מְצוֹדִ֥ים | me.tzo.DimHNcmpa | L |
| great | גְּדֹלִֽים׃ | ge.do.LimHAampa | L |
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