Ecclesiastes 2:7
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
עֶבֶד
male slaves
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עֶבֶד
Servant, slave. Ebed. Moses was called the servant of the LORD, the highest honour. The greatest in God's kingdom is the servant of all.
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קָנָה
I acquired
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קָנָה
Form, create — qanah; to create and possess; God formed your inward parts — you were individually crafted by Him, not mass-produced
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בַּיִת
house
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בַּיִת
House, household, family. Bayith. In My Father's house are many rooms. God has a home prepared for everyone who belongs to Him.
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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בָּקָר
herds
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בָּקָר
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
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מִקְנֶה
livestock
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מִקְנֶה
something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
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רָבָה
surely a multitude
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רָבָה
to increase (in whatever respect)
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