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Ecclesiastes 9:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H559 Then said ואמרתי

H589 I אני

H2896 is better טובה

H2451 Wisdom חכמה

H1369 מגבורה

H2451 nevertheless the poor man's wisdom וחכמת

H4542 המסכן

H959 is despised בזויה

H1697 and his words ודבריו

H369 are not אינם

H8085 heard נשׁמעים׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Then

H559 said

H589 I

H2451 Wisdom

H2896 better

than

H4480 strength

nevertheless

the

poor

man's

H2451 wisdom

H959 despised

and

his

H1697 words

are

H369 not

H8085 heard

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H559

Hebrew: אָמַר

Transliteration: ʼâmar

Pronunciation: aw-mar'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {answer} {appoint} {avouch} {bid} boast {self} {call} {certify} {challenge} {charge} + (at {the} give) command ({ment}) {commune} {consider} {declare} {demand} X-(idiom) {desire} {determine} X-(idiom) {expressly} X-(idiom) {indeed} X-(idiom) {intend} {name} X-(idiom) {plainly} {promise} {publish} {report} {require} {say} speak ({against} {of}) X-(idiom) {still} X-(idiom) {suppose} {talk} {tell} {term} X-(idiom) that {is} X-(idiom) {think} use {[speech]} {utter} X-(idiom) {verily} X-(idiom) yet.

Definition:

to say (used with great latitude)

1. to say, speak, utter

a. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend

b. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called

c. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly

d. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

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