Ecclesiastes 9:14
Text Analysis

Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
5892 [e]עִ֣יר
‘îr
A city [was]N-fs
6996 [e]קְטַנָּ֔ה
qə-ṭan-nāh
smallAdj-fs
582 [e]וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים
wa-’ă-nā-šîm
and menConj-w | N-mp
[e]בָּ֖הּ
bāh
in itPrep-b | 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 he 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
against itPrep | 3fs
4685 [e]מְצוֹדִ֥ים
mə-ṣō-w-ḏîm
siege rampsN-mp
1419 [e]גְּדֹלִֽים׃
gə-ḏō-lîm
greatAdj-mp





















Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.

Young's Literal Translation
A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks;

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.

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:
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