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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. (KJV)

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כִּ֧יkifor

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 9:5 word 1

הַֽחַיִּ֛יםha.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 9:5 word 2

יוֹדְעִ֖יםyod.'Im[are] knowing

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

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

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 9:5 word 3

שֶׁיָּמֻ֑תוּshei.ya.Mu.tuthat they will die

Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to die

Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 9:5 word 4

וְהַמֵּתִ֞יםve.ha.me.Timand the dead

Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to die

Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 9:5 word 5

אֵינָ֧ם'ei.Namnot they

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

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

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 9:5 word 6

יוֹדְעִ֣יםyod.'Im[are] knowing

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

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

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 9:5 word 7

מְא֗וּמָהme.'U.mahanything

Lemma: מְא֫וּמָה (me.u.mah) · Strong's: H3972

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: anything

Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 22:12, Genesis 30:31, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 39:23, Genesis 40:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3972; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 9:5 word 8

וְאֵֽין\־ve.'ein-and not

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

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

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 9:5 word 9

ע֤וֹדodstill

Lemma: עוֹד (od) · Strong's: H5750

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAcmsa)

Meaning: still

Used 489 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 8:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5750; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 9:5 word 10

שָׂכָ֔רsa.Khara reward

Lemma: שָׂכָר (sa.khar) · Strong's: H7939

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

Meaning: wages

Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 15:1, Genesis 30:18, Genesis 30:28, Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:33, Genesis 31:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7939; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 9:5 word 11

כִּ֥יkifor

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 9:5 word 12

נִשְׁכַּ֖חnish.Kachit is forgotten

Lemma: שָׁכַח (sha.khach) · Strong's: H7911

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNp3ms)

Meaning: to forget

Used 102 times. Also: Genesis 27:45, Genesis 40:23, Genesis 41:30, Deuteronomy 4:9, Deuteronomy 4:23, Deuteronomy 4:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7911; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 9:5 word 13

זִכְרָֽם\׃zikh.Rammemory their

Lemma: זֵ֫כֶר (ze.kher) · Strong's: H2143

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

Meaning: memorial

Used 23 times. Also: Exodus 3:15, Exodus 17:14, Deuteronomy 25:19, Deuteronomy 32:26, Esther 9:28, Job 18:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2143; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 9:5 word 14

How the BSB renders it

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

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
the living	→	חַי H2416A alive
know	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
that they will die	→	מוּת H4191 to die
but the dead	→	מוּת H4191 to die
know	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
nothing	→	מְא֫וּמָה H3972 anything
They have no	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
further	→	עוֹד H5750 still
reward	→	שָׂכָר H7939 wages
because	→	כִּי H3588A for
the memory	→	זֵ֫כֶר H2143 memorial
of them is forgotten	→	שָׁכַח H7911 to forget

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

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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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