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Ecclesiastes 4:6

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Masoretic Text 1524

H2896 Better טוב

H4393 מלא

H3709 כף

H5183 with quietness נחת

H4393 ממלא

H2651 than both the hands חפנים

H5999 with travail עמל

H7469 and vexation ורעות

H7307 of spirit רוח׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H2896 Better

H4480 handful

with

H5183 quietness

than

both

the

H2651 hands

H4480 full

with

H5999 travail

and

H7469 vexation

H7307 spirit

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H3709

Hebrew: כַּף

Transliteration: kaph

Pronunciation: kaf

Part of Speech: Noun Feminine

Bible Usage: {branch} + {foot} hand ({[-ful]} {-dle} {[-led]}) {hollow} {middle} {palm} {paw} {power} {sole} spoon.

Definition:

the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an {animal} of the {sole} and even of the bowl of a dish or {sling} the handle of a {bolt} the leaves of a palm tree); figuratively power

1. palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand

a. palm, hollow or flat of the hand

b. power

c. sole (of the foot)

d. hollow, objects, bending objects, bent objects

1. of thigh-joint

2. pan, vessel (as hollow)

3. hollow (of sling)

4. hand-shaped branches or fronds (of palm trees)

5. handles (as bent)

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