KJV: Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
YLT: And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.
Darby: Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;
ASV: Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;
| וְשַׁבֵּ֧חַ | Therefore praised |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Infinitive absolute Root: שָׁבַח Sense: to soothe, still, stroke. |
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| אֶת־ | - |
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Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative. |
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| הַמֵּתִ֖ים | the dead |
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Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed. |
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| שֶׁכְּבָ֣ר | who already |
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Parse: Pronoun, relative, Adverb Root: כְּבָר Sense: already, long ago, a great while. |
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| מֵ֑תוּ | were dead |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed. |
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| מִן־ | More than |
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Parse: Preposition Root: מִן Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than. |
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| הַ֣חַיִּ֔ים | the living |
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Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine plural Root: חַי Sense: living, alive. |
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| חַיִּ֖ים | alive |
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Parse: Adjective, masculine plural Root: חַי Sense: living, alive. |
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| עֲדֶֽנָה | still |
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Parse: Adverb, third person feminine singular Root: עֲדֶן Sense: hitherto, still, yet. |
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