Ecclesiastes 4:12
And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.This verse in the real world
In what words
- תָּקַףtâqaphto overpower
- חוּטchûwṭa string; by implication, a measuring tape
- שָׁלַשׁshâlashto be (causatively, make) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years)
- מְהֵרָהmᵉhêrâhproperly, a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptly
- עָמַדʻâmadto stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
- שְׁנַיִםshᵉnayimtwo; also (as ordinal) twofold
- אֶחָדʼechâdproperly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.