Ecclesiastes 9:14 Hebrew Word Analysis

0	city	עִ֣יר	h5892
1	There was a little	קְטַנָּ֔ה	h6996
2	men	וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים	h582
3		בָּ֖הּ	h0
4	and few	מְעָ֑ט	h4592
5	within it and there came	וּבָֽא	h935
6		אֵלֶ֜יהָ	h413
7	king	מֶ֤לֶךְ	h4428
14	a great	גְּדֹלִֽים׃	h1419
9	against it and besieged	וְסָבַ֣ב	h5437
10		אֹתָ֔הּ	h853
11	it and built	וּבָנָ֥ה	h1129
12		עָלֶ֖יהָ	h5921
13	bulwarks	מְצוֹדִ֥ים	h4685
14	a great	גְּדֹלִֽים׃	h1419

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

American Standard Version (ASV)

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and encompassed it, and built great bulwarks against it:

World English Bible (WEB)

There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks;