Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 7:28

²⁸While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
While	אֲשֶׁ֛ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
my soul	נַפְשִׁ֖י	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
was still	עוֹד־	‘ō·wḏ-	Adverb	H5750 a going round, continuance
searching	בִּקְשָׁ֥ה	biq·šāh	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H1245 seek
but not	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
finding	מָצָ֑אתִי	mā·ṣā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H4672 attain to, find
among a thousand	מֵאֶ֙לֶף֙	mê·’e·lep̄	Preposition-m; Number - masculine singular	H505 thousand
I have found	מָצָ֔אתִי	mā·ṣā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H4672 attain to, find
one	אֶחָ֤ד	’e·ḥāḏ	Number - masculine singular	H259 one
man	אָדָ֞ם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
but among all	בְכָל־	ḇə·ḵāl-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
these	אֵ֖לֶּה	’êl·leh	Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
I have not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
found	מָצָֽאתִי׃	mā·ṣā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H4672 attain to, find
woman	וְאִשָּׁ֥ה	wə·’iš·šāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female

Cross-references

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Psalm 12:1 · Job 33:23 · 1 Kings 11:1–3 · Ecclesiastes 7:23–24 · Isaiah 26:9

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.