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Ecc 4 V1V2V3V4V5V7V8V9V10V11V12V13V14V15V16

OET interlinear ECC 4:6

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Hebrew word order

    1. Hebrew word
    2. Hebrew lemma
    3. OET-LV words
    4. OET-RV words
    5. Strongs
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. Gloss
    8. CAPS codes
    9. OET tags
    10. OET word #
    1. טוֹב
    2. 400480
    3. +is good
    4. -
    5. P-Aamsa
    6. [is]_good
    7. S
    8. Y-977
    9. 279541
    1. מְלֹא
    2. 400481
    3. +the fullness of
    4. -
    5. 4393
    6. S-Ncmsc
    7. [the]_fullness_of
    8. -
    9. Y-977
    10. 279542
    1. כַף
    2. 400482
    3. a palm of
    4. -
    5. 3709
    6. S-Ncfsc
    7. of_a_palm_of
    8. -
    9. Y-977
    10. 279543
    1. נָחַת
    2. 400483
    3. quietness
    4. quietness
    5. S-Ncfsa
    6. quietness
    7. -
    8. Y-977
    9. 279544
    1. מִ,מְּלֹא
    2. 400484,400485
    3. more than +the fullness of
    4. -
    5. 4393
    6. S-R,Ncmsc
    7. more,than_[the]_fullness_of
    8. -
    9. Y-977
    10. 279545
    1. חָפְנַיִם
    2. 400486
    3. +the hollow of hands
    4. -
    5. 2651
    6. S-Ncmda
    7. [the]_hollow_of_hands
    8. -
    9. Y-977
    10. 279546
    1. עָמָל
    2. 400487
    3. toil
    4. -
    5. 5999
    6. S-Ncbsa
    7. toil
    8. -
    9. Y-977
    10. 279547
    1. וּ,רְעוּת
    2. 400488,400489
    3. and striving of
    4. and chasing
    5. 7469
    6. S-C,Ncfsc
    7. and,striving_of
    8. -
    9. Y-977
    10. 279548
    1. רוּחַ
    2. 400490
    3. wind
    4. wind
    5. 7307
    6. S-Ncbsa
    7. wind
    8. -
    9. Y-977
    10. 279549
    1. 400491
    2. -
    3. -
    4. -x-sof-pasuq
    5. -
    6. -
    7. 279550

OET (OET-LV)is_good the_fullness_of a_palm_of quietness more_than_the_fullness_of the_hollow_of_hands toil and_striving_of wind.

OET (OET-RV)A small handful of quietness is better
 ⇔ than two very full handfuls of work and chasing after the wind.

None
uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) a handful

(Some words not found in UHB: good full_of hand_of rest more,than_[the]_fullness_of fists toil and,striving_of wind )

Alternate translation: “a small amount”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

(Occurrence 0) two handfuls

(Some words not found in UHB: good full_of hand_of rest more,than_[the]_fullness_of fists toil and,striving_of wind )

“a large amount.” It is understood that this refer to profit gained. Alternate translation: “two handfuls of profit” or “a large amount of profit”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) that tries to shepherd the wind

(Some words not found in UHB: good full_of hand_of rest more,than_[the]_fullness_of fists toil and,striving_of wind )

The author speaks of everything that people do as being useless as if they were trying to control the wind. See how you translated a similar phrase in [Ecclesiastes 1:14](../01/14.md). Alternate translation: “that is as useless as trying to control the wind”

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

    1. OET-LV words
    2. OET-RV words
    3. Strongs
    4. Hebrew word
    5. Hebrew lemma
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. Gloss
    8. CAPS codes
    9. OET tags
    10. OET word #
    1. +is good
    2. -
    3. 2866
    4. 400480
    5. P-Aamsa
    6. S
    7. Y-977
    8. 279541
    1. +the fullness of
    2. -
    3. 3938
    4. 400481
    5. S-Ncmsc
    6. -
    7. Y-977
    8. 279542
    1. a palm of
    2. -
    3. 3567
    4. 400482
    5. S-Ncfsc
    6. -
    7. Y-977
    8. 279543
    1. quietness
    2. quietness
    3. 5085
    4. 400483
    5. S-Ncfsa
    6. -
    7. Y-977
    8. 279544
    1. more than +the fullness of
    2. -
    3. 4129,3938
    4. 400484,400485
    5. S-R,Ncmsc
    6. -
    7. Y-977
    8. 279545
    1. +the hollow of hands
    2. -
    3. 2696
    4. 400486
    5. S-Ncmda
    6. -
    7. Y-977
    8. 279546
    1. toil
    2. -
    3. 5956
    4. 400487
    5. S-Ncbsa
    6. -
    7. Y-977
    8. 279547
    1. and striving of
    2. and chasing
    3. 1987,7096
    4. 400488,400489
    5. S-C,Ncfsc
    6. -
    7. Y-977
    8. 279548
    1. wind
    2. wind
    3. 7390
    4. 400490
    5. S-Ncbsa
    6. -
    7. Y-977
    8. 279549

OET (OET-LV)is_good the_fullness_of a_palm_of quietness more_than_the_fullness_of the_hollow_of_hands toil and_striving_of wind.

OET (OET-RV)A small handful of quietness is better
 ⇔ than two very full handfuls of work and chasing after the wind.

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.OET logo mark

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