Ecclesiastes 9:16 Hebrew Text Analysis

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Text Analysis

Strong's	Hebrew	English	Morphology
559 [e]	וְאָמַ֣רְתִּי wə-’ā-mar-tî	And said	Conj-w \| V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs
589 [e]	אָ֔נִי ’ā-nî,	I	Pro-1cs
2896 [e]	טוֹבָ֥ה ṭō-w-ḇāh	[is] better	Adj-fs
2451 [e]	חָכְמָ֖ה ḥāḵ-māh	Wisdom	N-fs
1369 [e]	מִגְּבוּרָ֑ה mig-gə-ḇū-rāh;	than strength	Prep-m \| N-fs
2451 [e]	וְחָכְמַ֤ת wə-ḥā-ḵə-maṯ	And nevertheless wisdom	Conj-w \| N-fsc
4542 [e]	הַמִּסְכֵּן֙ ham-mis-kên	of the poor man	Art \| Adj-ms
959 [e]	בְּזוּיָ֔ה bə-zū-yāh,	[is] despised	V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fs
1697 [e]	וּדְבָרָ֖יו ū-ḏə-ḇā-rāw	and his words	Conj-w \| N-mpc \| 3ms
369 [e]	אֵינָ֥ם ’ê-nām	not	Adv \| 3mp
8085 [e]	נִשְׁמָעִֽים׃ niš-mā-‘îm.	are heard	V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mp

Hebrew Texts

Ecclesiastes 9:16 Hebrew Study Bible (Apostolic / Interlinear)

וְאָמַ֣רְתִּי אָ֔נִי טֹובָ֥ה חָכְמָ֖ה מִגְּבוּרָ֑ה וְחָכְמַ֤ת הַמִּסְכֵּן֙ בְּזוּיָ֔ה וּדְבָרָ֖יו אֵינָ֥ם נִשְׁמָעִֽים׃

KJV with Strong's
Then said I Wisdom is better than strength nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard

קהלת 9:16 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
וְאָמַ֣רְתִּי אָ֔נִי טֹובָ֥ה חָכְמָ֖ה מִגְּבוּרָ֑ה וְחָכְמַ֤ת הַמִּסְכֵּן֙ בְּזוּיָ֔ה וּדְבָרָ֖יו אֵינָ֥ם נִשְׁמָעִֽים׃

קהלת 9:16 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
ואמרתי אני טובה חכמה מגבורה וחכמת המסכן בזויה ודבריו אינם נשמעים׃

קהלת 9:16 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
ואמרתי אני טובה חכמה מגבורה וחכמת המסכן בזויה ודבריו אינם נשמעים׃

קהלת 9:16 Hebrew Bible
ואמרתי אני טובה חכמה מגבורה וחכמת המסכן בזויה ודבריו אינם נשמעים׃

Additional Parallel Hebrew

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible
So I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." But the wisdom of the poor man is despised and his words are not heeded.

King James Bible
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And I said, "Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded."

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