Ecclesiastes 9:14
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
Original Language Analysis
עִ֣יר
city
H5892
עִ֣יר
city
Strong's:
H5892
Word #:
1 of 15
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
קְטַנָּ֔ה
There was a little
H6996
קְטַנָּ֔ה
There was a little
Strong's:
H6996
Word #:
2 of 15
abbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים
men
H582
וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים
men
Strong's:
H582
Word #:
3 of 15
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
וּבָֽא
within it and there came
H935
וּבָֽא
within it and there came
Strong's:
H935
Word #:
6 of 15
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
גְּדֹלִֽים׃
a great
H1419
גְּדֹלִֽים׃
a great
Strong's:
H1419
Word #:
9 of 15
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
וְסָבַ֣ב
against it and besieged
H5437
וְסָבַ֣ב
against it and besieged
Strong's:
H5437
Word #:
10 of 15
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
אֹתָ֔הּ
H853
אֹתָ֔הּ
Strong's:
H853
Word #:
11 of 15
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
עָלֶ֖יהָ
H5921
עָלֶ֖יהָ
Strong's:
H5921
Word #:
13 of 15
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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