Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 4:14

¹⁴For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
has come	יָצָ֣א	yā·ṣā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
from the prison	מִבֵּ֥ית	mib·bêṯ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
to the kingship	לִמְלֹ֑ךְ	lim·lōḵ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H4427 be or become king, or queen, reign
though	כִּ֛י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
he was born	נוֹלַ֥ד	nō·w·laḏ	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
poor	רָֽשׁ׃	rāš	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7326 be in want, poor
in his own kingdom	בְּמַלְכוּת֖וֹ	bə·mal·ḵū·ṯōw	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4438 royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.