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Ecclesiastes 8:10

Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
Ecclesiastes 8:10
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

וּבְכֵ֡ן רָאִיתִי֩ רְשָׁעִ֨ים קְבֻרִ֜ים וָבָ֗אוּ וּמִמְּק֤וֹם קָדוֹשׁ֙ יְהַלֵּ֔כוּ וְיִֽשְׁתַּכְּח֥וּ בָעִ֖יר אֲשֶׁ֣ר כֵּן־עָשׂ֑וּ גַּם־זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל׃

  1. וּבְכֵ֡ןu.ve.Khen“and in such”
    Conjunction + Preposition + Adverb · from כֵּן · “so” · Strong's H3651C
  2. רָאִיתִי֩ra.'i.Ti“I have seen”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular · from רָאָה · “see” · Strong's H7200G
  3. רְשָׁעִ֨יםre.sha.'Im“wicked [people]”
    Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from רָשָׁע · “wicked” · Strong's H7563
  4. קְבֻרִ֜יםke.vu.Rim“being buried”
    Verb, qal, participle (passive), masculine, plural, absolute · from קָבַר · “to bury” · Strong's H6912
  5. וָבָ֗אוּva.Va.'u“and they came”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural · from בּוֹא · “come” · Strong's H0935G
  6. וּמִמְּק֤וֹםu.mi.me.Kom“and from a place of”
    Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from מָקוֹם · “standing place” · Strong's H4725
  7. קָדוֹשׁ֙ka.do.Vosh“holy”
    Adjective, masculine, singular, absolute · from קָדוֹשׁ · “holy” · Strong's H6918G
  8. יְהַלֵּ֔כוּye.ha.Le.khu“they went”
    Verb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from הָלַךְ · “went” · Strong's H1980G
  9. וְיִֽשְׁתַּכְּח֥וּve.yish.ta.ke.Chu“and they may be forgotten”
    Conjunction + Verb, hithpael, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from שָׁכַח · “to forget” · Strong's H7911
  10. בָעִ֖ירva.'Ir“in the city”
    Preposition with article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from עִיר · “city” · Strong's H5892B
  11. אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sher“where”
    Particle, relative · from אֲשֶׁר · “which” · Strong's H0834A
  12. כֵּן־ken-“right”
    Adjective, masculine, singular, absolute · from כֵּן · “right” · Strong's H3651A
  13. עָשׂ֑וּ'a.Su“they had done”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural · from עָשָׂה · “do” · Strong's H6213A
  14. גַּם־gam-“also”
    Adverb · from גַּם · “also” · Strong's H1571
  15. זֶ֖הzeh“this”
    Particle, demonstrative · from זֶה · “this” · Strong's H2088
  16. הָֽבֶל׃Ha.vel“[is] futility”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from הֶ֫בֶל · “vanity” · Strong's H1892
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)