Ecclesiastes 7:1
Better is a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מָוֶתmâvethdeath (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figurative
- שֶׁמֶןshemengrease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
- טוֹבṭôwbgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine
- שֵׁםshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, ch
- יוֹםyôwma day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.