Verse 4

{ "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.6.4", "source": "כִּֽי־בַהֶ֥בֶל בָּ֖א וּבַחֹ֣שֶׁךְ יֵלֵ֑ךְ וּבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ שְׁמ֥וֹ יְכֻסֶּֽה׃", "text": "For-in-the-*heḇel* *bāʾ* and-in-the-*ḥōšeḵ* *yēlēḵ* and-in-the-*ḥōšeḵ* *šəmô* *yəḵusseh*.", "grammar": { "*heḇel*": "noun, masculine singular - vanity/emptiness", "*bāʾ*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he came", "*ḥōšeḵ*": "noun, masculine singular - darkness", "*yēlēḵ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will go", "*šəmô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his name", "*yəḵusseh*": "verb, Pual imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be covered" }, "variants": { "*heḇel*": "vanity/emptiness/futility/breath/vapor", "*ḥōšeḵ*": "darkness/obscurity", "*yəḵusseh*": "will be covered/will be concealed/will be hidden" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 109:13 : 13 { "verseID": "Psalms.109.13", "source": "יְהִֽי־אַחֲרִית֥וֹ לְהַכְרִ֑ית בְּד֥וֹר אַ֝חֵ֗ר יִמַּ֥ח שְׁמָֽם׃", "text": "*Yəhî*-*ʾaḥărîtô* *ləhakrît* in-*dôr* *ʾaḥēr* *yimmaḥ* *šəmām*.", "grammar": { "*Yəhî*": "verb, qal jussive 3rd person masculine singular - let it be", "*ʾaḥărîtô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his posterity/end", "*ləhakrît*": "verb, hiphil infinitive construct with prefixed preposition lə- - to cut off/destroy", "*dôr*": "noun, masculine singular - generation", "*ʾaḥēr*": "adjective, masculine singular - next/following/another", "*yimmaḥ*": "verb, niphal jussive 3rd person masculine singular - let be blotted out", "*šəmām*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their name" }, "variants": { "*ʾaḥărîtô*": "his posterity/his future/his descendants/his end", "*ləhakrît*": "to cut off/to destroy/to eliminate", "*yimmaḥ*": "be wiped out/be blotted out/be erased" } }