Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 7:1–2

¹A good name is better than fine perfume,

and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

²It is better to enter a house of mourning

than a house of feasting,

since death is the end of every man,

and the living should take this to heart.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
A good name	שֵׁ֖ם	šêm	Noun - masculine singular	H8034 name
is better	ט֥וֹב	ṭō·wḇ	Adjective - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
than fine	ט֑וֹב	ṭō·wḇ	Adjective - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
perfume	מִשֶּׁ֣מֶן	miš·še·men	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H8081 fat, oil
and one’s day	וְי֣וֹם	wə·yō·wm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
of death	הַמָּ֔וֶת	ham·mā·weṯ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4194 death
than his day	מִיּ֖וֹם	mî·yō·wm	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
of birth	הִוָּלְדֽוֹ׃	hiw·wā·lə·ḏōw	Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
It is better	ט֞וֹב	ṭō·wḇ	Adjective - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
to enter	לָלֶ֣כֶת	lā·le·ḵeṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1980 go, come, walk
a house	בֵּֽית־	bêṯ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of mourning	אֵ֗בֶל	’ê·ḇel	Noun - masculine singular	H60 mourning
than	מִלֶּ֙כֶת֙	mil·le·ḵeṯ	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1980 go, come, walk
a house	בֵּ֣ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of feasting	מִשְׁתֶּ֔ה	miš·teh	Noun - masculine singular	H4960 feast
since	בַּאֲשֶׁ֕ר	ba·’ă·šer	Preposition-b; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
the end	ס֣וֹף	sō·wp̄	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5490 end
of every	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
man	הָאָדָ֑ם	hā·’ā·ḏām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
and the living	וְהַחַ֖י	wə·ha·ḥay	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
should take	יִתֵּ֥ן	yit·tên	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
heart	לִבּֽוֹ׃	lib·bōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Ecclesiastes 7:1 Revelation 14:13 · Proverbs 22:1 · Ecclesiastes 4:2 · 2 Corinthians 5:8 · Philippians 1:21–23 · 2 Corinthians 5:1 · Song of Solomon 1:3 · Proverbs 27:9 · Ecclesiastes 10:1

Ecclesiastes 7:2 Psalm 90:12 · Hebrews 9:27 · Deuteronomy 32:29 · Deuteronomy 32:46 · Philippians 3:19 · 1 Peter 4:3–4 · Haggai 1:5

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.