Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 9:16

¹⁶And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And I	אָ֔נִי	’ā·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
said	וְאָמַ֣רְתִּי	wə·’ā·mar·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
Wisdom	חָכְמָ֖ה	ḥāḵ·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H2451 wisdom
is better	טוֹבָ֥ה	ṭō·w·ḇāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
than strength	מִגְּבוּרָ֑ה	mig·gə·ḇū·rāh	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H1369 strength, might
but the wisdom	וְחָכְמַ֤ת	wə·ḥā·ḵə·maṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H2451 wisdom
of the poor	הַמִּסְכֵּן֙	ham·mis·kên	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H4542 poor
man is despised	בְּזוּיָ֔ה	bə·zū·yāh	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular	H959 despise
and his words	וּדְבָרָ֖יו	ū·ḏə·ḇā·rāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1697 speech, word
are not	אֵינָ֥ם	’ê·nām	Adverb; third person masculine plural	H369 nothing, nought
heeded	נִשְׁמָעִֽים׃	niš·mā·‘îm	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural	H8085 hear

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