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Ecclesiastes 12:9

“And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יוֹתֵרyôwthêr · yo-thare'
H3148 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, redundant; hence, over and above, as adjective, noun, adverb or conjunction
Derivation: active participle of H3498 (יָתַר);
KJV renderings: better, more(-over), over, profit.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
יֹתֵ֕ר — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HC/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 8 times in the Hebrew Bible.Esther 6:6 Ecclesiastes 2:15 Ecclesiastes 6:8 Ecclesiastes 6:11 Ecclesiastes 7:11

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 8 Verse 10

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.