Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 8:10

¹⁰Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised^a in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.

Footnotes

a 8:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts were soon forgotten

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then too	וּבְכֵ֡ן	ū·ḇə·ḵên	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
I saw	רָאִיתִי֩	rā·’î·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7200 see
the burial	קְבֻרִ֜ים	qə·ḇu·rîm	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural	H6912 bury
of the wicked	רְשָׁעִ֨ים	rə·šā·‘îm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7563 wicked, criminal
who used to go in	וָבָ֗אוּ	wā·ḇā·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
and out	יְהַלֵּ֔כוּ	yə·hal·lê·ḵū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
of the holy	קָדוֹשׁ֙	qā·ḏō·wōš	Adjective - masculine singular	H6918 sacred, holy
place	וּמִמְּק֤וֹם	ū·mim·mə·qō·wm	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4725 standing, spot, condition
and they were praised	וְיִֽשְׁתַּכְּח֥וּ	wə·yiš·tak·kə·ḥū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7911 forget
in the city	בָעִ֖יר	ḇā·‘îr	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
where	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
they had done	עָשׂ֑וּ	‘ā·śū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6213 do, make
so	כֵּן־	kên-	Adjective - masculine singular	H3651 right, veritable, honest
This	זֶ֖ה	zeh	Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
too	גַּם־	gam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
is futile	הָֽבֶל׃	hā·ḇel	Noun - masculine singular	H1892 vapour, breath

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.