Ecclesiastes 4:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.

Young's Literal Translation
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King James Bible
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Hebrew
So I
אֲנִ֛י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

admired
וְשַׁבֵּ֧חַ (wə·šab·bê·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 7623: To address in a, loud tone, loud, to pacify

the dead,
הַמֵּתִ֖ים (ham·mê·ṯîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

who had already
שֶׁכְּבָ֣ר (šek·kə·ḇār)
Pronoun - relative | Adverb
Strong's 3528: Extent of time, a great while, long ago, formerly, hitherto

died,
מֵ֑תוּ (mê·ṯū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

above
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the living,
הַ֣חַיִּ֔ים (ha·ḥay·yîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

who
אֲשֶׁ֛ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

are still
עֲדֶֽנָה׃ (‘ă·ḏe·nāh)
Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5728: Hitherto, still

alive.
חַיִּ֖ים (ḥay·yîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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