Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 7:2

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
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.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.