Bible Verse Dictionary
Ecclesiastes 5:12 - Or
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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The sleep | H8142 | שֵׁנָה |
[Noun Feminine] from H3462; sleep |
of a labouring man | H5647 | עָבַד |
[Verb] to work (in any sense); by implication to {serve} {till } (causatively) {enslave} etc. |
is sweet | H4966 | מָתוֹק |
[Adjective] sweet |
whether | H518 | אִם |
used very widely as {demonstrative} lo !; {interrogitive} whether ?; or {conditional} if: although; also Oh {that !} when; hence as a {negative} not |
he eat | H398 | אָכַל |
[Verb] to eat (literally or figuratively) |
little | H4592 | מְעַט |
a little or few (often adverbial or comparative) |
or | H518 | אִם |
used very widely as {demonstrative} lo !; {interrogitive} whether ?; or {conditional} if: although; also Oh {that !} when; hence as a {negative} not |
much | H7235 | רָבָה |
[Verb] to increase (in whatever respect) |
but the abundance | H7647 | שָׂבָע |
[Noun Masculine] copiousness |
of the rich | H6223 | עָשִׁיר |
[Adjective] {rich} whether literally or figuratively (noble) |
will not | H369 | אַיִן |
[Neuter] a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle |
suffer | H5117 | נוּחַ |
[Verb] to {rest} that {is} settle down; used in a great variety of {applications} literally and {figuratively} {intransitively} transitively and causatively (to {dwell} stay: let {fall} place: let {alone} withdraw: give {comfort} etc.) |
him to sleep | H8142 | שֵׁנָה |
[Noun Feminine] from H3462; sleep |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.