Ecclesiastes 9:4
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.”
טוֹב
Taste and see. David does not say understand or agree — he says taste. Towb is goodness you experience, not just believe in. God's goodness is not a theological position. It is something you encounter when you draw near to Him.
חַי
living
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חַי
Life, living. Chay. The quality of being alive. The same root as Chayim, life in its fullness. God breathed chay into Adam's nostrils and he became a living soul.
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מִי
who?
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מִי
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
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חָבַר
he is united
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חָבַר
to join (literally or figuratively); specifically (by means of spells) to fascinate
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יֵשׁ
there
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יֵשׁ
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
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מִן
more than
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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