Ecclesiastes 4:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

Young's Literal Translation
The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh:

King James Bible
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

Hebrew
The fool
הַכְּסִיל֙ (hak·kə·sîl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool

folds
חֹבֵ֣ק (ḥō·ḇêq)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2263: To clasp, embrace

his hands
יָדָ֔יו (yā·ḏāw)
Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

and consumes
וְאֹכֵ֖ל (wə·’ō·ḵêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

his own flesh.
בְּשָׂרֽוֹ׃ (bə·śā·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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