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Ecclesiastes 9:4

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This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.	For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.	For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For^H4310 to him that is^H3426 joined^{H2266 H977} to all the living^H2416 there is hope^H986: for a living^H2416 dog^H3611 is better^H2896 than a dead^H4191 lion^H738.

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Original Hebrew

כִּי־מִי אֲשֶׁר [יִבָּחֵר כ] (יְחֻבַּר ק) אֶל כָּל־הַחַיִּים יֵשׁ בִּטָּחֹון כִּי־לְכֶלֶב חַי הוּא טֹוב מִן־הָאַרְיֵה הַמֵּת׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
מִי֙	mi	H4310	HTi	who?
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	(is (the) one) who
יבחר	bâchar	H977	HVPi3ms
אֶ֥ל	'el	H413	HR	to
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
הַ/חַיִּ֖ים	ha./chai.Yim	H2416	HTd/Aampa	the/ living
יֵ֣שׁ	yesh	H3426	HTm	there
בִּטָּח֑וֹן	bi.ta.Chon	H986	HNcmsa	(is) hope
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
לְ/כֶ֤לֶב	le./Khe.lev	H3611	HR/Ncmsa	to/ a dog
חַי֙	chai	H2416	HAamsa	living
ה֣וּא	hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	it
ט֔וֹב	Tov	H2896	HAamsa	(is) good
מִן	min-	H4480	HR	more than
הָ/אַרְיֵ֖ה	ha./'ar.Yeh	H738	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ lion
הַ/מֵּֽת	ha./Met	H4191	HTd/Vqrmsa	(the)/ dead

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

Strong's References

• H738 — אֲרִי (ʼărîy, ar-ee'): or (prolonged) [ar-yay']; from אָרָה (in the sense of violence); a lion; (young) lion, [phrase] pierce (from the margin).
• H977 — בָּחַר (bâchar, baw-khar'): a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select; acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
• H986 — בִּטָּחוֹן (biṭṭâchôwn, bit-taw-khone'): from בָּטַח; trust; confidence, hope.
• H2266 — חָבַר (châbar, khaw-bar'): a primitive root; to join (literally or figuratively); specifically (by means of spells) to fascinate; charm(-er), be compact, couple (together), have fellowship with, heap up, join (self, together), league.
• H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
• H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
• H3426 — יֵשׁ (yêsh, yaysh): perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (הָיָה); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection); (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
• H3611 — כֶּלֶב (keleb, keh'-leb): from an unused root means. to yelp, or else to attack; a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute; dog.
• H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
• H4310 — מִי (mîy, me): an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מָה is of things,; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.

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

• 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).
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (3): Job 24:19, Ecclesiastes 4:2, Isaiah 57:18

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: ANIMALS
• Torrey’s: HOPE
• Nave’s: DEATH, HADES, LION

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