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Ecclesiastes 7:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H408 not אל

H1961 Be תהי

H6662 righteous צדיק

H7235 over much הרבה

H408 neither ואל

H2449 over wise תתחכם

H3148 יותר

H4100 why למה

H8074 make thyself תשׁומם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H1961 Be

H408 not

H6662 righteous

over

H7235 much

H408 neither

make

H8074 thyself

over

H2449 wise

H4100 why

shouldest

thou

destroy

H8074 thyself

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H3148

Hebrew: יוֹתֵר

Transliteration: yôwthêr

Pronunciation: yo-thare'

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: {better} more ({-over}) {over} profit.

Definition:

properly redundant; hence over and {above} as {adjective} {noun} adverb or conjugation

1. superiority, advantage, excess adv

2. excess, better conj

3. besides, moreover, more

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