Ecclesiastes 7:1
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

Young's Literal Translation
Better [is] a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.

King James Bible
A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

Hebrew
A good name
שֵׁ֖ם (šêm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

is better
ט֥וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

than fine
ט֑וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

perfume,
מִשֶּׁ֣מֶן (miš·še·men)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8081: Grease, liquid, richness

and one’s day
וְי֣וֹם (wə·yō·wm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3117: A day

of death
הַמָּ֔וֶת (ham·mā·weṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

[is better] than his day
מִיּ֖וֹם (mî·yō·wm)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

of birth.
הִוָּלְדֽוֹ׃ (hiw·wā·lə·ḏōw)
Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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