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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
H2451 Wisdom
  is
H2896 better
  than
H4480 strength
  nevertheless
  the
  poor
  man's
H2451 wisdom
  is
H959 despised
  and
  his
H1697 words
  are
H369 not
H8085 heard

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H2896
Hebrew: טוֹב
Transliteration: ṭôwb
Pronunciation: tobe
Part of Speech: Adjective
Bible Usage: {beautiful} {best} {better} {bountiful} {cheerful} at {ease} X-(idiom) fair ({word}) (be in) {favour} {fine} {glad} good ({deed} {-lier} {liest} {-ly} {-ness} {-s}) {graciously} {joyful} {kindly} {kindness} liketh ({best}) {loving} {merry} X-(idiom) {most} {pleasant} + {pleaseth} {pleasure} {precious} {prosperity} {ready} {sweet} {wealth} {welfare} (be) well ([-favoured]).
Definition:  

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a {noun} both in the masculine and the {feminine} the singular and the plural ({good } a good or good {thing} a good man or woman; the {good} goods or good {things} good men or {women}) also as an adverb (well)

1. good, pleasant, agreeable

a. pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)

b. pleasant (to the higher nature)

c. good, excellent (of its kind)

d. good, rich, valuable in estimation

e. good, appropriate, becoming

f. better (comparative)

g. glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)

h. good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)

i. good, kind, benign

j. good, right (ethical) n m

2. a good thing, benefit, welfare

a. welfare, prosperity, happiness

b. good things (collective)

c. good, benefit

d. moral good n f

3. welfare, benefit, good things

a. welfare, prosperity, happiness

b. good things (collective)

c. bounty

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.