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For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? (KJV)

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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 6:8 word 1

מַה\־mah-what?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 6:8 word 2

יּוֹתֵ֥רyo.Teradvantage

Lemma: יוֹתֵר (yo.ter) · Strong's: H3148

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

Meaning: advantage

Used 9 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:15, Esther 6:6, Ecclesiastes 2:15, Ecclesiastes 6:11, Ecclesiastes 7:11, Ecclesiastes 7:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3148; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 6:8 word 3

לֶחָכָ֖םle.cha.Kham[belongs] to the wise person

Lemma: חָכָם (cha.kham) · Strong's: H2450

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

Meaning: wise

Used 138 times. Also: Genesis 41:8, Genesis 41:33, Genesis 41:39, Exodus 7:11, Exodus 28:3, Exodus 31:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2450; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 6:8 word 4

מִֽן\־min-more than

Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: from

Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 6:8 word 5

הַכְּסִ֑ילha.ke.Silthe fool

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

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

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 6:8 word 6

מַה\־mah-what?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 6:8 word 7

לֶּעָנִ֣יle.'a.Ni[belongs] to the poor [person]

Lemma: עָנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H6041

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

Meaning: afflicted

Used 71 times. Also: Exodus 22:25, Leviticus 19:10, Leviticus 23:22, Deuteronomy 15:11, Deuteronomy 24:12, Deuteronomy 24:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6041; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 6:8 word 8

יוֹדֵ֔עַyo.De.a'[who] knows

Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to know

Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 6:8 word 9

לַהֲלֹ֖ךְla.ha.Lokhto walk

Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980I

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to go: walk

Used 327 times. Also: Genesis 2:14, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1980I; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 6:8 word 10

נֶ֥גֶדNe.gedbefore

Lemma: נֶ֫גֶד (ne.ged) · Strong's: H5048

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HAcmsc)

Meaning: before

Used 151 times. Also: Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 31:32, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 33:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5048; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 6:8 word 11

הַחַיִּֽים\׃ha.chai.Yimthe living

Lemma: חַי (chay) · Strong's: H2416A

Parsing: Aampa (Aampa)

Meaning: alive

Used 242 times. Also: Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2416A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 6:8 word 12

How the BSB renders it

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

What	→	מָה H4100 what?
advantage	→	יוֹתֵר H3148 advantage
then	→	כִּי H3588A for
has the wise man	→	חָכָם H2450 wise
over	→	מִן־ H4480A from
the fool	→	כְּסִיל H3684 fool
What [gain comes]	→	מָה H4100 what?
to the poor man	→	עָנִי H6041 afflicted
who knows	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
how to conduct himself	→	הָלַךְ H1980I to go: walk
before	→	נֶ֫גֶד H5048 before
others	→	חַי H2416A alive

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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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