Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 9:5

⁵For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֧י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the living	הַֽחַיִּ֛ים	ha·ḥay·yîm	Article; Adjective - masculine plural	H2416 alive, living
know	יוֹדְעִ֖ים	yō·wḏ·‘îm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H3045 know
that they will die	שֶׁיָּמֻ֑תוּ	še·yā·mu·ṯū	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H4191 die
but the dead	וְהַמֵּתִ֞ים	wə·ham·mê·ṯîm	Conjunctive waw, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H4191 die
know	יוֹדְעִ֣ים	yō·wḏ·‘îm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H3045 know
nothing	מְא֗וּמָה	mə·’ū·māh	Noun - masculine singular	H3972 anything
They have no	וְאֵֽין־	wə·’ên-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
further	ע֤וֹד	‘ō·wḏ	Adverb	H5750 a going round, continuance
reward	שָׂכָ֔ר	śā·ḵār	Noun - masculine singular	H7939 hire, wages
because	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the memory	זִכְרָֽם׃	ziḵ·rām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H2143 remembrance, memorial
of them is forgotten	נִשְׁכַּ֖ח	niš·kaḥ	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7911 forget

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.