Ecclesiastes 2:7
I purchased male slaves and female slaves; I had slaves born in my palace. I also had large herds and flocks of livestock, much more than any king who ruled before me in Jerusalem.This verse in the real world
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- שִׁפְחָהshiphchâha female slave (as a member of the household)
- מִקְנֶהmiqnehsomething bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
- קָנָהqânâhto erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell
- בָּקָרbâqârbeef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collecti
- רָבָהrâbâhto increase (in whatever respect)
- צֹאןtsôʼna collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
- יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
- עֶבֶדʻebeda servant
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Ki 9:20–22, Job 1:3, Neh 7:57, Gen 17:12–13, 1Ki 4:23, Job 42:12, Ezr 2:58, Gen 14:14