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Ecclesiastes 9:14

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This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great unto me:	[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:	Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

There was a little^H6996 city^H5892, and few^H4592 men^H582 within it; and there came^H935 a great^H1419 king^H4428 against it, and besieged^H5437 it, and built^H1129 great^H1419 bulwarks^H4685 against it:

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Original Hebrew

עִיר קְטַנָּה וַאֲנָשִׁים בָּהּ מְעָט וּבָא־אֵלֶיהָ מֶלֶךְ גָּדֹול וְסָבַב אֹתָהּ וּבָנָה עָלֶיהָ מְצֹודִים גְּדֹלִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
עִ֣יר	'ir	H5892	HNcfsa	a city
קְטַנָּ֔ה	ke.ta.Nah	H6996	HAafsa	small
וַ/אֲנָשִׁ֥ים	va./'a.na.Shim	H376	HC/Ncmpa	and/ men
בָּ֖/הּ	ba/h		HR/Sp3fs	in (the)/ it
מְעָ֑ט	me.'At	H4592	HNcmsa	(were) few
וּ/בָֽא	u./va'-	H935	HC/Vqp3ms	and/ he came
אֵלֶ֜י/הָ	'e.Lei./ha	H413	HR/Sp3fs	against/ it
מֶ֤לֶךְ	Me.lekh	H4428	HNcmsa	a king
גָּדוֹל֙	ga.dOl	H1419	HAamsa	great
וְ/סָבַ֣ב	ve./sa.Vav	H5437	HC/Vqp3ms	and/ he surrounded
אֹתָ֔/הּ	'o.Ta/h	H853	HTo/Sp3fs	(obj.)/ it
וּ/בָנָ֥ה	u./va.Nah	H1129	HC/Vqp3ms	and/ he built
עָלֶ֖י/הָ	'a.Lei./ha	H5921	HR/Sp3fs	on/ it
מְצוֹדִ֥ים	me.tzo.Dim	H4685	HNcmpa	siege works
גְּדֹלִֽים	ge.do.Lim	H1419	HAampa	great

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H582 — אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh, en-oshe'): from אָנַשׁ; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1129 — בָּנָה (bânâh, baw-naw'): a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.
• H1419 — גָּדוֹל (gâdôwl, gaw-dole'): or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from גָּדַל; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent; [phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H4592 — מְעַט (mᵉʻaṭ, meh-at'): or מְעָט; from מָעַט; a little or few (often adverbial or compar.); almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.
• H4685 — מָצוֹד (mâtsôwd, maw-tsode'): or (feminine) מְצוֹדָה; or מצֹדָה; from צוּד; also (by interchange for מְצַד); a net (for capturing animals or fishes); afastness or (beseiging) tower; bulwark, hold, munition, net, snare.
• H5437 — סָבַב (çâbab, saw-bab'): a primitive root; to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively; bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, [idiom] on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
• H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
• H6996 — קָטָן (qâṭân, kaw-tawn'): or קָטֹן; from קוּט; abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance); least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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