9 {
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.4.9",
"source": "טוֹבִ֥ים הַשְּׁנַ֖יִם מִן־הָאֶחָ֑ד אֲשֶׁ֧ר יֵשׁ־לָהֶ֛ם שָׂכָ֥ר ט֖וֹב בַּעֲמָלָֽם׃",
"text": "*ṭôḇîm* the-*šənayim* from-the-*ʾeḥād* who there-is-to-them *śāḵār* *ṭôḇ* in-*ʿămālām*",
"grammar": {
"*ṭôḇîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - good/better",
"*šənayim*": "numeral, masculine dual - two",
"*ʾeḥād*": "number, masculine singular - one",
"*śāḵār*": "noun, masculine singular - reward/wages",
"*ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - good",
"*ʿămālām*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their labor/toil"
},
"variants": {
"*ṭôḇîm*": "better/good/preferable",
"*śāḵār ṭôḇ*": "good reward/good wages/good return",
"*ʿămālām*": "their labor/their toil/their work/their effort"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.4.10",
"source": "כִּ֣י אִם־יִפֹּ֔לוּ הָאֶחָ֖ד יָקִ֣ים אֶת־חֲבֵר֑וֹ וְאִ֣יל֗וֹ הָֽאֶחָד֙ שֶׁיִפּ֔וֹל וְאֵ֥ין שֵׁנִ֖י לַהֲקִימֽוֹ׃",
"text": "For if-*yippōlû* the-*ʾeḥād* *yāqîm* *ʾet*-*ḥăḇērô* and-*ʾîlô* the-*ʾeḥād* that-*yippôl* and-*ʾên* *šēnî* to-*hăqîmô*",
"grammar": {
"*yippōlû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they fall",
"*ʾeḥād*": "number, masculine singular - one (person)",
"*yāqîm*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will raise up",
"*ḥăḇērô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his companion",
"*ʾîlô*": "interjection + preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - woe to him",
"*yippôl*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he falls",
"*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is not",
"*šēnî*": "ordinal number, masculine singular - second (person)",
"*hăqîmô*": "Hiphil infinitive construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to raise him"
},
"variants": {
"*yippōlû*": "they fall/they stumble",
"*yāqîm*": "will lift up/will help up/will raise",
"*ḥăḇērô*": "his companion/his friend/his partner",
"*ʾîlô*": "woe to him/alas for him",
"*šēnî*": "second (person)/another/companion"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.4.11",
"source": "גַּ֛ם אִם־יִשְׁכְּב֥וּ שְׁנַ֖יִם וְחַ֣ם לָהֶ֑ם וּלְאֶחָ֖ד אֵ֥יךְ יֵחָֽם׃",
"text": "Also if-*yiškəḇû* *šənayim* and-*ḥam* to-them and-to-*ʾeḥād* how *yēḥām*",
"grammar": {
"*yiškəḇû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they lie down",
"*šənayim*": "numeral, masculine dual - two",
"*ḥam*": "adjective, masculine singular - warm",
"*ʾeḥād*": "number, masculine singular - one (person)",
"*yēḥām*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will be warm"
},
"variants": {
"*yiškəḇû*": "they lie down/they sleep together",
"*ḥam*": "warm/heat",
"*yēḥām*": "will become warm/will be warmed/can keep warm"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.4.12",
"source": "וְאִֽם־יִתְקְפוֹ֙ הָאֶחָ֔ד הַשְּׁנַ֖יִם יַעַמְד֣וּ נֶגְדּ֑וֹ וְהַחוּט֙ הַֽמְשֻׁלָּ֔שׁ לֹ֥א בִמְהֵרָ֖ה יִנָּתֵֽק׃",
"text": "And-if-*yitqəpô* the-*ʾeḥād* the-*šənayim* *yaʿamdû* *negdô* and-the-*ḥûṭ* the-*məšullāš* not in-*məhērāh* *yinnātēq*",
"grammar": {
"*yitqəpô*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he overpowers him",
"*ʾeḥād*": "number, masculine singular - one (person)",
"*šənayim*": "numeral, masculine dual - two",
"*yaʿamdû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will stand",
"*negdô*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - against him",
"*ḥûṭ*": "noun, masculine singular - thread/cord",
"*məšullāš*": "Pual participle, masculine singular - threefold/tripled",
"*məhērāh*": "adverb - quickly/speedily",
"*yinnātēq*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be broken"
},
"variants": {
"*yitqəpô*": "overpowers him/attacks him/prevails against him",
"*yaʿamdû negdô*": "will stand against him/will withstand him/will resist him",
"*ḥûṭ ha-məšullāš*": "threefold cord/triple-braided rope",
"*məhērāh*": "quickly/easily/hastily",
"*yinnātēq*": "will be broken/will be torn apart/will be snapped"
}
}