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Ecclesiastes 4:11
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For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him [that is] alone when he falleth; for [he hath] not another to help him up.
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Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm [alone]?
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And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
AgainH1571, if twoH8147 lie togetherH7901, then they have heatH2552: but how can oneH259 be warmH3179 alone?
Original Hebrew
גַּם אִם־יִשְׁכְּבוּ שְׁנַיִם וְחַם לָהֶם וּלְאֶחָד אֵיךְ יֵחָם׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
גַּ֛ם |
gam | H1571 | HTa | also |
אִם |
'im- | H518 | HC | if |
יִשְׁכְּב֥וּ |
yish.ke.Vu | H7901 | HVqi3mp | they will lie down |
שְׁנַ֖יִם |
she.Na.yim | H8147 | HAcmda | two (people) |
וְ/חַ֣ם |
ve./Cham | H2552 | HC/Vqq3ms | and/ it will be warm |
לָ/הֶ֑ם |
la./Hem | HR/Sp3mp | to (the)/ them | |
וּ/לְ/אֶחָ֖ד |
u./le./'e.Chad | H259 | HC/R/Acmsa | and/ to/ one (person) |
אֵ֥יךְ |
'eikh | H349 | HTi | how? |
יֵחָֽם |
ye.Cham | H3179 | HVqi3ms | will it be warm |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H259 — אֶחָד (ʼechâd, ekh-awd'): a numeral from אָחַד; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
- H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
- H2552 — חָמַם (châmam, khaw-mam'): a primitive root; to be hot (literally or figuratively); enflame self, get (have) heat, be (wax) hot, (be, wax) warm (self, at).
- H3179 — יָחַם (yâcham, yaw-kham'): a primitive root; probably to be hot; figuratively, to conceive; get heat, be hot, conceive, be warm.
- H7901 — שָׁכַב (shâkab, shaw-kab'): a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
- H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H349 — אֵיךְ (ʼêyk, ake): also אֵיכָה ; and אֵיכָכָה ; prolonged from אַי; how? or how!; also where; how, what.
- H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
Cross References
Related Topics
- Nave’s: FELLOWSHIP, FRIENDSHIP, UNION
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