Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 4:2

²So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So I	אֲנִ֛י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
admired	וְשַׁבֵּ֧חַ	wə·šab·bê·aḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute	H7623 soothe, still
the dead	הַמֵּתִ֖ים	ham·mê·ṯîm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H4191 die
who had already	שֶׁכְּבָ֣ר	šek·kə·ḇār	Pronoun - relative; Adverb	H3528 already
died	מֵ֑תוּ	mê·ṯū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H4191 die
above	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the living	הַ֣חַיִּ֔ים	ha·ḥay·yîm	Article; Adjective - masculine plural	H2416 alive, living
who	אֲשֶׁ֛ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
are still	עֲדֶֽנָה׃	‘ă·ḏe·nāh	Adverb; third person feminine singular	H5728 till now
alive	חַיִּ֖ים	ḥay·yîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H2416 alive, living

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