The Meaning of Ecclesiastes 4:11 Explained

Ecclesiastes 4:11

KJV: Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

YLT: Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?

Darby: Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one alone be warm?

ASV: Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone ?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Again,  if two  lie together,  then they have heat:  but how can one  be warm  [alone]? 

What does Ecclesiastes 4:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ecclesiastes 4

1  vanity is increased unto men by oppression
4  by envy
5  by idleness
7  by covetousness
9  by solitariness
13  by willfulness

What do the individual words in Ecclesiastes 4:11 mean?

Again if lie down together two and will keep warm they but one [alone] how can be warm
גַּ֛ם אִם־ יִשְׁכְּב֥וּ שְׁנַ֖יִם וְחַ֣ם לָהֶ֑ם וּלְאֶחָ֖ד אֵ֥יךְ יֵחָֽם

גַּ֛ם  Again 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
יִשְׁכְּב֥וּ  lie  down  together 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁכַב  
Sense: to lie down.
שְׁנַ֖יִם  two 
Parse: Number, md
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
וְחַ֣ם  and  will  keep  warm 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָמַם  
Sense: to be hot, become warm.
וּלְאֶחָ֖ד  but  one  [alone] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
אֵ֥יךְ  how 
Parse: Interjection
Root: אֵיךְ 
Sense: how? interj.
יֵחָֽם  can  be  warm 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָחַם  
Sense: to be hot, conceive.

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