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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)

H8085 heard

H369 not

are

H1697 words

his

and

H959 despised

H2451 wisdom

man's

poor

the

nevertheless

H4480 strength

than

H2896 better

H2451 Wisdom

H589 I

H559 said

Then

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H559

Hebrew: אָמַר

Transliteration: ʼâmar

Pronunciation: aw-mar'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {answer} {appoint} {avouch} {bid} boast {self} {call} {certify} {challenge} {charge} + (at {the} give) command ({ment}) {commune} {consider} {declare} {demand} X-(idiom) {desire} {determine} X-(idiom) {expressly} X-(idiom) {indeed} X-(idiom) {intend} {name} X-(idiom) {plainly} {promise} {publish} {report} {require} {say} speak ({against} {of}) X-(idiom) {still} X-(idiom) {suppose} {talk} {tell} {term} X-(idiom) that {is} X-(idiom) {think} use {[speech]} {utter} X-(idiom) {verily} X-(idiom) yet.

Definition:

to say (used with great latitude)

1. to say, speak, utter

a. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend

b. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called

c. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly

d. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

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