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Ecclesiastes 5:8

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Masoretic Text 1524

H518 If אם

H6233 the oppression עשׁק

H7326 of the poor רשׁ

H1499 and violent perverting וגזל

H4941 of judgment משׁפט

H6664 and justice וצדק

H7200 thou seest תראה

H4082 in a province במדינה

H408 not אל

H8539 marvel תתמה

H5921 at על

H2656 the matter החפץ

H3588 for כי

H1364 he that is higher גבה

H5921 מעל

H1364 the highest גבה

H8104 regardeth שׁמר

H1364 and there be higher וגבהים

H5921 עליהם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H518 If

thou

H7200 seest

the

H6233 oppression

the

H7326 poor

and

violent

H1499 perverting

H4941 judgment

and

H6664 justice

H4082 province

H8539 marvel

H408 not

H5921 at

the

H2656 matter

H3588 for

that

H1364 higher

H4480 than

the

H1364 highest

H8104 regardeth

and

there

H1364 higher

H4480 than

they

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H5921

Hebrew: עַל

Transliteration: ʻal

Pronunciation: al

Part of Speech: Preposition

Bible Usage: {above} according to ({-ly}) {after} (as) {against} {among} {and} X-(idiom) {as} {at} because {of} beside (the rest {of}) {between} beyond the {time} X-(idiom) both {and} by (reason {of}) X-(idiom) had the charge {of} concerning {for} in ({that}) ({forth} out) {of} (from) ({off}) (up-) {on} {over} {than} through ({-out}) {to} {touching} X-(idiom) with.

Definition:

{above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

1. upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

a. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards

b. above, beyond, over (of excess)

c. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)

d. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)

e. over (of suspension or extension)

f. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)

g. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)

h. to (as a dative) conj

2. because that, because, notwithstanding, although

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