Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 8:13

¹³Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet because	אֲשֶׁ֛ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
do not	אֵינֶ֥נּוּ	’ê·nen·nū	Adverb; third person masculine singular	H369 nothing, nought
fear	יָרֵ֖א	yā·rê	Adjective - masculine singular	H3373 fear
God	אֱלֹהִֽים׃	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
it will not	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
go	יִהְיֶ֣ה	yih·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
well	וְטוֹב֙	wə·ṭō·wḇ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
with	לָֽרָשָׁ֔ע	lā·rā·šā‘	Preposition-l, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H7563 wicked, criminal
and their days	יָמִ֖ים	yā·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day
will not	וְלֹֽא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
lengthen	יַאֲרִ֥יךְ	ya·’ă·rîḵ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H748 be long
like a shadow	כַּצֵּ֑ל	kaṣ·ṣêl	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6738 shadow

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