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Ecclesiastes 3:6

a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
Ecclesiastes 3:6
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Original language (Hebrew)

עֵ֤ת לְבַקֵּשׁ֙ וְעֵ֣ת לְאַבֵּ֔ד עֵ֥ת לִשְׁמ֖וֹר וְעֵ֥ת לְהַשְׁלִֽיךְ׃

  1. עֵ֤ת'et“a time”
    Noun, both genders, singular, absolute · from עֵת · “time” · Strong's H6256
  2. לְבַקֵּשׁ֙le.va.Kesh“to seek”
    Preposition + Verb, piel, infinitive construct, common · from בָּקַשׁ · “to seek” · Strong's H1245
  3. וְעֵ֣תve.'Et“and a time”
    Conjunction + Noun, both genders, singular, absolute · from עֵת · “time” · Strong's H6256
  4. לְאַבֵּ֔דle.'a.Bed“to count as lost”
    Preposition + Verb, piel, infinitive construct, common · from אָבַד · “to perish” · Strong's H0006
  5. עֵ֥ת'et“a time”
    Noun, both genders, singular, absolute · from עֵת · “time” · Strong's H6256
  6. לִשְׁמ֖וֹרlish.Mor“to keep”
    Preposition + Verb, qal, infinitive construct, common · from שָׁמַר · “guard” · Strong's H8104H
  7. וְעֵ֥תve.'Et“and a time”
    Conjunction + Noun, both genders, singular, absolute · from עֵת · “time” · Strong's H6256
  8. לְהַשְׁלִֽיךְ׃le.hash.Likh“to throw away”
    Preposition + Verb, hiphil, infinitive construct, common · from שָׁלַךְ · “to throw” · Strong's H7993
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)