Ecclesiastes 10:5 Go deeper
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There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: (KJV)
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יֵ֣שׁyeshthere
Lemma: יֵשׁ (yesh) · Strong's: H3426
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)
Meaning: there
Used 138 times. Also: Genesis 18:24, Genesis 23:8, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:42, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 28:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3426; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 10:5 word 1
רָעָ֔הra.'Ah[is] an evil
Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7451I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: distress: evil
Used 147 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:4, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 50:15, Genesis 50:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451I; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 10:5 word 2
רָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.ti[which] I have seen
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 10:5 word 3
תַּ֣חַתTa.chatunder
Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: underneath: under
Used 238 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 18:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8478G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 10:5 word 4
הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshthe sun
Lemma: שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (she.mesh) · Strong's: H8121
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: sun
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 15:12, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:23, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 32:31, Genesis 37:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8121; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 10:5 word 5
כִּשְׁגָגָ֕הkish.ga.Gahlike an inadvertence
Lemma: שְׁגָגָה (she.ga.gah) · Strong's: H7684
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: unintentionally
Used 19 times. Also: Leviticus 4:2, Leviticus 4:22, Leviticus 4:27, Leviticus 5:15, Leviticus 5:18, Leviticus 22:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7684; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 10:5 word 6
שֶׁיֹּצָ֖אshei.yo.Tza'that [is] going forth
Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrfsa)
Meaning: to come out: come
Used 620 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:16, Genesis 8:18, Genesis 8:19, Genesis 9:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3318G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 10:5 word 7
מִלִּפְנֵ֥יmi.lif.Neifrom to before
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: before
Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 10:5 word 8
הַשַּׁלִּֽיט\׃ha.sha.Litthe ruler
Lemma: שַׁלִּיט (shal.lit) · Strong's: H7989
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: domineering
Used 4 times. Also: Genesis 42:6, Ecclesiastes 7:19, Ecclesiastes 8:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7989; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 10:5 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| There is | → | יֵשׁ H3426 there |
| an evil | → | רָעָה H7451I distress: evil |
| I have seen | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
| under | → | תַּחַת H8478G underneath: under |
| the sun | → | שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ H8121 sun |
| an error | → | שְׁגָגָה H7684 unintentionally |
| that proceeds | → | יָצָא H3318G to come out: come |
| from | → | פָּנֶה H6440G face: before |
| the ruler | → | שַׁלִּיט H7989 domineering |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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