Ecclesiastes 5:9
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
יַעַל
yaʻal
properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
עָבַד
ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Key Terms in This Verse
יַעַל yaʻal
properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
Study H3276 →עָבַד ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Study H5647 →עוֹד ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
Study H5750 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
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