Ecclesiastes 9:14
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
5892 [e]עִ֣יר
‘îr
[There was] a cityN-fs
6996 [e]קְטַנָּ֔ה
qə-ṭan-nāh,
littleAdj-fs
582 [e]וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים
wa-’ă-nā-šîm
and with menConj-w | N-mp
  בָּ֖הּ
bāh
in itPrep | 3fs
4592 [e]מְעָ֑ט
mə-‘āṭ;
fewAdj-ms
935 [e]וּבָֽא־
ū-ḇā-
and cameConj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms
413 [e]אֵלֶ֜יהָ
’ê-le-hā
against itPrep | 3fs
4428 [e]מֶ֤לֶךְ
me-leḵ
a kingN-ms
1419 [e]גָּדוֹל֙
gā-ḏō-wl
greatAdj-ms
5437 [e]וְסָבַ֣ב
wə-sā-ḇaḇ
and besiegedConj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms
853 [e]אֹתָ֔הּ
’ō-ṯāh,
itDirObjM | 3fs
1129 [e]וּבָנָ֥ה
ū-ḇā-nāh
and builtConj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms
5921 [e]עָלֶ֖יהָ
‘ā-le-hā
around itPrep | 3fs
4685 [e]מְצוֹדִ֥ים
mə-ṣō-w-ḏîm
snaresN-mp
1419 [e]גְּדֹלִֽים׃
gə-ḏō-lîm.
greatAdj-mp





















Hebrew Texts
קהלת 9:14 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
עִ֣יר קְטַנָּ֔ה וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים בָּ֖הּ מְעָ֑ט וּבָֽא־אֵלֶ֜יהָ מֶ֤לֶךְ גָּדֹול֙ וְסָבַ֣ב אֹתָ֔הּ וּבָנָ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ מְצֹודִ֥ים גְּדֹלִֽים׃

קהלת 9:14 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
עיר קטנה ואנשים בה מעט ובא־אליה מלך גדול וסבב אתה ובנה עליה מצודים גדלים׃

קהלת 9:14 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
עיר קטנה ואנשים בה מעט ובא־אליה מלך גדול וסבב אתה ובנה עליה מצודים גדלים׃

קהלת 9:14 Hebrew Bible
עיר קטנה ואנשים בה מעט ובא אליה מלך גדול וסבב אתה ובנה עליה מצודים גדלים׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
There was a small city with few men in it and a great king came to it, surrounded it and constructed large siegeworks against it.

King James Bible
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:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.
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