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Ecclesiastes 4:2

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Masoretic Text 1524

H7623 praised ושׁבח

H589 Wherefore I אני

H853 את

H4191 the dead המתים

H3528 שׁכבר

H4191 dead מתו

H4480 more than מן

H2416 the living החיים

H834 which אשׁר

H1992 המה

H2416 alive חיים

H5728 are yet עדנה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Wherefore

H589 I

H7623 praised

the

H4191 dead

H834 which

are

H7945 already

H4191 dead

H4480 than

the

H2416 living

H834 which

are

H5728 yet

H2416 alive

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7623

Hebrew: שָׁבַח

Transliteration: shâbach

Pronunciation: shaw-bakh'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {commend} {glory} keep {in} {praise} {still} triumph.

Definition:

BDB Strongs

properly to address in a loud {tone} that {is} (specifically) loud; figuratively to pacify (as if by words)

1. to soothe, still, stroke

a. (Piel) to soothe, still

b. (Hiphil) stilling (participle)

2. to laud, praise, commend

a. (Piel)

1. to laud, praise (God)

2. to commend, congratulate (the dead)

b. (Hithpael) to boast

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.