Ecclesiastes 4:10
כִּי noun [masculine]
כִּי conjunction כִּי עַל כֵּן עַתָּ֫ה435 (also Ezek 23:43; Ps 74:6 עת יַעַן96 properly substantive, II.
a. prefixed to sentences depending on an active verb, and occupying to it the place of an accusative: so constantly, after verbs of seeing, as Gen 1:10 וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי טוֺב and God saw
b. כִּי often introduces the
c. especially after an oath חַי אָ֫נִי, ׳חַי י etc., introducing the fact sworn to, Gen 42:16 by the life of Pharaoh, כִּי מְרַגְּלִים אַתֶּם (I say)
d. כִּי is used sometimes with advs. and interjs. to add force or distinctness to the affirmation which follows:
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e. there seem also to be other cases in which כִּי, standing alone, has an intensive force, introducing a statement with emphasis,
g. added to preps. כִּי converts them, like אֲשֶׁר, into conjs. ..., as יַעַן כִּי because
b. elsewhere כִּי has a force approximating to
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a. Gen 3:14
b. more commonly the causal sentence follows, as Gen 2:3 and God blessed the seventh day ׳כִּי בוֺ שָׁבַת וג
c. the causal relation expressed by כִּי is sometimes subtle, especially in poetry, and not apparent without careful study of a passage. Thus sometimes it justifies a statement or description by pointing to a pregnant fact which involves it, as Isa 3:8a Job 6:21 (ground of the comparison vJob 6:15-20), Job 14:16 (
d. כִּי ֗֗֗ כִּי
e. after a negative כִּי
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b.
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b. the
c. after an oath כִּי אִם appears to = a strengthened כִּי (compare בִּלְתִּי אִם, אִם ׃עַד אִם 1 c),
b. of the imminent or impending future: Gen 19:9 עַתָּה נָרַע לְךָ מַהֶם. Gen 29:32 כי עתה יאהבני אישׁי, vGen 29:34; Exod 6:1 עתה תראה, Num 11:23; Num 22:4; 2Sam 20:6; Isa 33:10 (Ps 12:6), Isa 43:19; Isa 49:19; Amos 6:7 לכן עתה יִגְלוּ, Isa 49:19; Mic 7:4; Mic 7:10; Dan 10:20 and especially
c. of a time
d. describing a present state =
e. with an Imperative, as an encouragement, implying that the time has come for the exhortation or advice to be followed, Gen 31:13 עתה קים צא, Exod 18:19 עתה שְׁמַע בקולי, Num 22:11; Deut 2:13; 1Sam 30:8.
a. עַתָּה זֶה (זְה 4 h) 1Kgs 17:24; 2Kgs 5:22.
b. ועתה and,
c. וְעַתָּה הִנֵּה stating the ground on which some conclusion or action is to be based, Exod 3:9; Josh 14:10 (twice in verse); 1Sam 12:2; 1Sam 24:21; 1Kgs 1:18; Jer 40:4 (with ועתה usually repeated afer the הנה-clause).
d. גם עתה Gen 44:10; 1Sam 12:16; 1Kgs 14:14; Joel 2:12; Job 16:19.
e. מֵעַתָּה
g. כִּי עַתָּה
a. יַעַן אֲשֶׁר (32 t.), usually with perfect, as Gen 22:16 יען אשׁר עשׂית זאת
b. יַען כִּי, Num 11:20 ׳יַעַן כִּי מְאַסְתֶּם אֶתיֿ, 1Kgs 13:21; 1Kgs 21:29; Isa 3:16; Isa 7:5; Isa 8:6; Isa 29:13.
c. יַעַן alone (23 t.), with perfect Num 20:12 יַעַן לֹא הֶאֱמַנְתֶּם בִּי, 1Sam 15:23; 1Kgs 14:13; 1Kgs 20:42; 2Kgs 22:19; Hos 8:1; Isa 61:1; Isa 65:12; Isa 66:4 with imperfect (frequently) Ezek 34:21 of the future Ezek 12:12
a.
b.
- that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
- that
- yea, indeed
- when, if, though (with a concessive force)
II. הֵן100 (הֶןֿ Num 23:9; Num 23:24; Job 8:19; Job 8:20; Job 13:1; Job 26:14; Job 33:6; Job 33:12; Job 33:29; Job 36:5; Job 36:22; Job 36:26 הֵןֿ Job 13:15; Job 36:30; Job 41:1 +) demonstrative adverb or interjection כִּי conjunction אִם conjunction (= Aramaic אֵם see אַמָּה, אֻמָּה see II.
a. Gen 3:22 הֵן הָאָדָם הָיָה
b. as a hypothetical particle, propounding a possibility,
c. if, whether, in an indirect question, Jer 2:10 רְאוּ הֵן הָֽיְתָה כָּזֹאת (but
a. prefixed to sentences depending on an active verb, and occupying to it the place of an accusative: so constantly, after verbs of seeing, as Gen 1:10 וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי טוֺב and God saw
b. כִּי often introduces the
c. especially after an oath חַי אָ֫נִי, ׳חַי י etc., introducing the fact sworn to, Gen 42:16 by the life of Pharaoh, כִּי מְרַגְּלִים אַתֶּם (I say)
d. כִּי is used sometimes with advs. and interjs. to add force or distinctness to the affirmation which follows:
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e. there seem also to be other cases in which כִּי, standing alone, has an intensive force, introducing a statement with emphasis,
g. added to preps. כִּי converts them, like אֲשֶׁר, into conjs. ..., as יַעַן כִּי because
b. elsewhere כִּי has a force approximating to
c.
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a. Gen 3:14
b. more commonly the causal sentence follows, as Gen 2:3 and God blessed the seventh day ׳כִּי בוֺ שָׁבַת וג
c. the causal relation expressed by כִּי is sometimes subtle, especially in poetry, and not apparent without careful study of a passage. Thus sometimes it justifies a statement or description by pointing to a pregnant fact which involves it, as Isa 3:8a Job 6:21 (ground of the comparison vJob 6:15-20), Job 14:16 (
d. כִּי ֗֗֗ כִּי
e. after a negative כִּי
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b.
a.
b. the
c. after an oath כִּי אִם appears to = a strengthened כִּי (compare בִּלְתִּי אִם, אִם ׃עַד אִם 1 c),
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c. Compounded with other particles: —
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b. in oblique interrogation,
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c. compounded with הֲ, הַאִם Num 17:28 הַאִם תַּמְנוּ לִגְוֺעַ probably an emphatic
a.
b.
- if
- conditional clauses
- of possible situations "of impossible situations
- no, not
נָפַל433 verb
b. figurative = go to ruin, perish, etc. (c. 30 t.); Amos 5:2; Amos 8:14 +; often || כָּשַׁל Isa 3:8; Isa 8:15 (+ other words), Isa 31:3; Jer 8:12; Jer 46:12; Jer 50:32; Ps 27:2; Prov 24:17 || כָּרַע Ps 20:9 figurative of earth Isa 24:20 (opposed to קוּם), Haman
c. figurative = experience calamity Mic 7:8 (opposed to קוּם), Ps 37:34; Ps 145:14; Prov 24:16.
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b.
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c. בְּיַד ׳נ
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b.
c.
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g.
- to fall, lie, be cast down, fail
- (Qal)
- to fall "to fall (of violent death)"to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before"to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to , go away to, fall into the hand of"to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result"to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to"to lie, lie prostrate
- to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate "to overthrow"to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot"to let drop, cause to fail (figuratively)"to cause to fall
- to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon "to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself
אֶחָד962 adjective number
a. אַחַד עָשָׂר
b. with other numerals, as cardinal אֶחָד וְאַרְבָּעִים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת Num 1:41 compare Num 2:16; Num 2:28; Num 31:34; Num 31:39 (all
- one (number)
- one (number) "each, every"a certain"an (indefinite article)"only, once, once for all"one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one"first"eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)
לֵב קָמָי probably late Atbash (compare שֵׁשַׁךְ) for p. 1058 כשׂדים the orginal reading (
קוּם628 verb [תְּקוֺמֵם], וּבִתְקוֺמְמֶיךָ Ps 139:21, see √, Hithpolel [
a. after lying down (sleep, sickness, mourning, etc.), 1Sam 3:6; 1Sam 3:8; 2Sam 12:21; Exod 21:19; Gen 19:33; Gen 19:35; Gen 31:17; Ruth 3:14; Eccl 12:4 + 50 t.; from lying dead, קַיָּקָם עַלרַֿגְלָיו 2Kgs 13:21, compare Job 14:12; Isa 26:14; Isa 26:19; Ps 88:11 after falling Amos 5:2; Amos 8:14; Jer 8:4; Jer 25:27 + 4 t. (chiefly figurative); after being smitten, wounded, etc. Ps 18:39 || 2Sam 22:39; Isa 27:9 (of Asherim, etc.), Isa 43:17 + 4 t.; from sitting, reclining, especially at meals Gen 25:34; 1Sam 1:9; 1Sam 20:34 (מֵעִם הַשֻּׁלְחָן; v1Sam 20:25 see
b. out of (מִן) a condition, state, Ezra 9:5.
c. of bear
d.
e. construction Praegn.
g. to listen to God's word Num 23:18; Isa 32:9 to praise God 2Chr 20:19; Neh 9:4; Neh 9:5.
h. of noise, tumult Hos 10:14 of light Job 25:3 (עַל person).
b.
c. especially
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i. יָקוּם עַלאשֵׁם אָחִיו Deut 25:6
j. of eyes, =
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c.
a. prostrate (accusative of person or thing) 2Sam 12:17 (מִןהָֿאָרֶץ), Deut 22:4 (הָקֵם תָּקִים עִמּוֺ), Ps 41:11; Eccl 4:10 (twice in verse); figurative Amos 5:2; Amos 9:11 (twice in verse); Hos 6:2; Isa 49:8; 1Sam 2:8 = Ps 113:7 (|| הֵרִים), Job 4:4; Jer 50:32.
b. from throne (מִן) Isa 14:9.
c.
d. figurative
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b.
c. figurative of setting up law Ps 78:5 (עֵדוּת; || שִׂים).
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g. לְהָקִים שֵׁםהַֿמֵּת עַלנַֿחֲלָתוֺ Ruth 4:5; Ruth 4:10
- to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up
- (Qal)
- to arise "to arise (hostile sense)"to arise, become powerful"to arise, come on the scene"to stand
- to maintain oneself "to be established, be confirmed"to stand, endure"to be fixed"to be valid"to be proven"to be fulfilled"to persist"to be set, be fixed
- to fulfil "to confirm, ratify, establish, impose
- to cause to arise, raise "to raise, set up, erect, build"to raise up, bring on the scene"to raise up, rouse, stir up, investigate"to raise up, constitute"to cause to stand, set, station, establish"to make binding"to carry out, give effect to
I. אֵת, with makk. אֶתֿ, with suffix אֹתִי; אֹתְךָ, אֹתְכָה Num 22:33, אֹתָ֑ךְ, אֹתָ֑כָה Exod 29:35, feminine אֹתָךְ; אֹתוֺ etc.; 2 plural אֶתְכֶם, once אוֺתְכֶם Josh 23:15 3 masculine plural regularly אֹתָם, rarely אֶתְהֶם Gen 32:1; Exod 18:20; Num 21:3; Ezek 34:12; 1Chr 6:50, once אוֺתְהֶם Ezek 23:45 3 feminine plural, on the contrary, regularly אֶתְהֶן (13 t.), once אֹתָן Ezek 16:54 (also אוֺתְהֶן Ezek 23:47, אֹתָ֖נָה Exod 35:26, אוֺתָ֖נָה Ezek 34:21); forms with
a. with transitive verbs, Gen 1:1; Gen 1:16; Gen 1:29; Gen 1:30; Gen 2:11; Gen 4:1; Gen 4:2; Gen 9:3 (אֶתֿכֹּל׃) etc. Similarly אֶתמִֿי
b. with a
c. with
d. poet. (si vera lectio), after an abstract noun used with a verbal force, Hab 3:13 (Amos 4:11; Isa 13:19; Jer 50:40 מַהְפֵּכָה exerts a verbal force, like the Arabic
a. with verbs of motion (very rare) Num 13:17; Deut 1:19; Deut 2:7 (to 'walk the wilderness'); denoting the goal Judg 19:18; Ezek 21:25 (
b. denoting time (duration), also very rare: Exod 13:7; Lev 25:22; Deut 9:25.
c. expressing the accus. of limitation (rare): Gen 17:11; Gen 17:14; 1Kgs 15:23.
- sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative
חָבֵר adjective and noun masculineSong 8:13
a. of children (tribes) of Israel assoc. with Judah as head Ezek 37:16 id. associated with Joseph (Ehpraimitic source) as head vEzek 37:16 vEzek 37:19 (in all these read
b. of like rank Ps 45:8
c. of like calling Song 1:7.
d.
e. in general Song 8:13. feminine
- (adj) united "(n m) associate, fellow, worshippers"companion
III. אִי interjection (so in
- alas!, woe!
אֶחָד962 adjective number
a. אַחַד עָשָׂר
b. with other numerals, as cardinal אֶחָד וְאַרְבָּעִים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת Num 1:41 compare Num 2:16; Num 2:28; Num 31:34; Num 31:39 (all
- one (number)
- one (number) "each, every"a certain"an (indefinite article)"only, once, once for all"one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one"first"eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)
נָפַל433 verb
b. figurative = go to ruin, perish, etc. (c. 30 t.); Amos 5:2; Amos 8:14 +; often || כָּשַׁל Isa 3:8; Isa 8:15 (+ other words), Isa 31:3; Jer 8:12; Jer 46:12; Jer 50:32; Ps 27:2; Prov 24:17 || כָּרַע Ps 20:9 figurative of earth Isa 24:20 (opposed to קוּם), Haman
c. figurative = experience calamity Mic 7:8 (opposed to קוּם), Ps 37:34; Ps 145:14; Prov 24:16.
d.
b.
c.
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c. בְּיַד ׳נ
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g.
- to fall, lie, be cast down, fail
- (Qal)
- to fall "to fall (of violent death)"to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before"to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to , go away to, fall into the hand of"to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result"to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to"to lie, lie prostrate
- to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate "to overthrow"to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot"to let drop, cause to fail (figuratively)"to cause to fall
- to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon "to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself
II. אַ֫יִן
אִיעֶזֶר see
אִיתָמָר see I.
II. אַ֫יִן, אָ֑֫יִן construct אֵין substantive properly
a. denying existence absolutely Isa 44:6; Isa 47:10 אֵין רֹאָנִי
b. more commonly, in a limited sense,
c. with the sense determined by a predicate following: Gen 37:29 Joseph
d. sometimes the subject has to be supplied from the context: thus (
e. with subject not expressed, once (late), Dan 8:5 וְאֵין נֹגֵעַ בָּאָרֶץ and (it)
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a. בְּאֵין properly
b. כְּאֵין Isa 59:10 כְּאֵין עֵינַיִם in poetry for כַּאֲשֶׁר אֵין לוֺ עֵינַיִם (compare
c. לְאֵין (
d. מֵאֵין
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- nothing, not, nought
- (n) nothing, nought "(neg) not"to have not (of possession)"(adv) without"(with prep) for lack of
שֵׁנִי masculine שֵׁנִית feminine157 adjective ordinal number
- second
- second (the ordinal number) "again (a second time)"another, other (something as distinct from something else)
לֵב קָמָי probably late Atbash (compare שֵׁשַׁךְ) for p. 1058 כשׂדים the orginal reading (
קוּם628 verb [תְּקוֺמֵם], וּבִתְקוֺמְמֶיךָ Ps 139:21, see √, Hithpolel [
a. after lying down (sleep, sickness, mourning, etc.), 1Sam 3:6; 1Sam 3:8; 2Sam 12:21; Exod 21:19; Gen 19:33; Gen 19:35; Gen 31:17; Ruth 3:14; Eccl 12:4 + 50 t.; from lying dead, קַיָּקָם עַלרַֿגְלָיו 2Kgs 13:21, compare Job 14:12; Isa 26:14; Isa 26:19; Ps 88:11 after falling Amos 5:2; Amos 8:14; Jer 8:4; Jer 25:27 + 4 t. (chiefly figurative); after being smitten, wounded, etc. Ps 18:39 || 2Sam 22:39; Isa 27:9 (of Asherim, etc.), Isa 43:17 + 4 t.; from sitting, reclining, especially at meals Gen 25:34; 1Sam 1:9; 1Sam 20:34 (מֵעִם הַשֻּׁלְחָן; v1Sam 20:25 see
b. out of (מִן) a condition, state, Ezra 9:5.
c. of bear
d.
e. construction Praegn.
g. to listen to God's word Num 23:18; Isa 32:9 to praise God 2Chr 20:19; Neh 9:4; Neh 9:5.
h. of noise, tumult Hos 10:14 of light Job 25:3 (עַל person).
b.
c. especially
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i. יָקוּם עַלאשֵׁם אָחִיו Deut 25:6
j. of eyes, =
b.
c.
a. prostrate (accusative of person or thing) 2Sam 12:17 (מִןהָֿאָרֶץ), Deut 22:4 (הָקֵם תָּקִים עִמּוֺ), Ps 41:11; Eccl 4:10 (twice in verse); figurative Amos 5:2; Amos 9:11 (twice in verse); Hos 6:2; Isa 49:8; 1Sam 2:8 = Ps 113:7 (|| הֵרִים), Job 4:4; Jer 50:32.
b. from throne (מִן) Isa 14:9.
c.
d. figurative
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b.
c. figurative of setting up law Ps 78:5 (עֵדוּת; || שִׂים).
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g. לְהָקִים שֵׁםהַֿמֵּת עַלנַֿחֲלָתוֺ Ruth 4:5; Ruth 4:10
- to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up
- (Qal)
- to arise "to arise (hostile sense)"to arise, become powerful"to arise, come on the scene"to stand
- to maintain oneself "to be established, be confirmed"to stand, endure"to be fixed"to be valid"to be proven"to be fulfilled"to persist"to be set, be fixed
- to fulfil "to confirm, ratify, establish, impose
- to cause to arise, raise "to raise, set up, erect, build"to raise up, bring on the scene"to raise up, rouse, stir up, investigate"to raise up, constitute"to cause to stand, set, station, establish"to make binding"to carry out, give effect to