Ecclesiastes 7:1
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
2896 [e]ט֥וֹב
ṭō-wḇ
[is] betterAdj-ms
8034 [e]שֵׁ֖ם
šêm
a [good] nameN-ms
8081 [e]מִשֶּׁ֣מֶן
miš-še-men
than ointmentPrep-m | N-ms
2896 [e]ט֑וֹב
ṭō-wḇ;
preciousAdj-ms
3117 [e]וְי֣וֹם
wə-yō-wm
and the dayConj-w | N-msc
4194 [e]הַמָּ֔וֶת
ham-mā-weṯ,
of deathArt | N-ms
3117 [e]מִיּ֖וֹם
mî-yō-wm
than the dayPrep-m | N-ms
3205 [e]הִוָּלְדֽוֹ׃
hiw-wā-lə-ḏōw.
of one's birthV-Nifal-Inf | 3ms





















Hebrew Texts
קהלת 7:1 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
טֹ֥וב שֵׁ֖ם מִשֶּׁ֣מֶן טֹ֑וב וְיֹ֣ום הַמָּ֔וֶת מִיֹּ֖ום הִוָּלְדֹֽו׃

קהלת 7:1 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
טוב שם משמן טוב ויום המות מיום הולדו׃

קהלת 7:1 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
טוב שם משמן טוב ויום המות מיום הולדו׃

קהלת 7:1 Hebrew Bible
טוב שם משמן טוב ויום המות מיום הולדו׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
A good name is better than a good ointment, And the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth.

King James Bible
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of one's death than the day of one's birth.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

name

Proverbs 15:30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart: and a good report makes the bones fat.

Proverbs 22:1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving …

Isaiah 56:5 Even to them will I give in my house and within my walls a place …

Luke 10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject …

Hebrews 11:2,39 For by it the elders obtained a good report…

precious

Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking …

Psalm 133:2 It is like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down on the …

Proverbs 27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of …

Songs 1:3 Because of the smell of your good ointments your name is as ointment …

Songs 4:10 How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is your …

John 13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of …

the day

Ecclesiastes 4:2 Why I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living …

Job 3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

Isaiah 57:1,2 The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful …

2 Corinthians 5:1,8 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, …

Philippians 1:21-23 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain…

Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are …

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