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Ecclesiastes 5:3 Go deeper

← Ecclesiastes 5 · ← verse 2 · verse 4 →

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

כִּ֛יkifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:3 word 1

בָּ֥אba'it comes

Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to come (in): come

Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:3 word 2

הַחֲל֖וֹםha.cha.Lomthe dream

Lemma: חֲלוֹם (cha.lom) · Strong's: H2472

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: dream

Used 65 times. Also: Genesis 20:3, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 31:10, Genesis 31:11, Genesis 31:24, Genesis 37:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2472; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:3 word 3

בְּרֹ֣בbe.Rowith abundance of

Lemma: רֹב (rov) · Strong's: H7230

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: abundance

Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 16:10, Genesis 27:28, Genesis 30:30, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 48:16, Exodus 15:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7230; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:3 word 4

עִנְיָ֑ן'in.Yanbusiness

Lemma: עִנְיָן (in.yan) · Strong's: H6045

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: task

Used 8 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 1:13, Ecclesiastes 2:23, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Ecclesiastes 3:10, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Ecclesiastes 5:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6045; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:3 word 5

וְק֥וֹלve.Koland [the] voice

Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: voice

Used 335 times. Also: Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 16:2, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6963A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:3 word 6

כְּסִ֖ילke.Sila fool

Lemma: כְּסִיל (ke.sil) · Strong's: H3684

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: fool

Used 70 times. Also: Psalms 49:10, Psalms 92:6, Psalms 94:8, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:32, Proverbs 3:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3684; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:3 word 7

בְּרֹ֥בbe.Rowith a multitude of

Lemma: רֹב (rov) · Strong's: H7230

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: abundance

Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 16:10, Genesis 27:28, Genesis 30:30, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 48:16, Exodus 15:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7230; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:3 word 8

דְּבָרִֽים\׃de.va.Rimwords

Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: word

Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:3 word 9

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

As→כִּי H3588A for
a dream→חֲלוֹם H2472 dream
comes→בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come
through many→רֹב H7230 abundance
cares→עִנְיָן H6045 task
so the speech→קוֹל H6963A voice
of a fool→כְּסִיל H3684 fool
[comes] with many→רֹב H7230 abundance
words→דָּבָר H1697G word

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

All attributions

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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