7. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ecclesiastes 2:7:1 ⧉קָנִ֙יתִי֙kanitiI acquired or bought Ecclesiastes 2:7:2 ⧉עֲבָדִ֣יםavadimmale slaves Ecclesiastes 2:7:3 ⧉וּשְׁפָח֔וֹתushefakhotand female slaves Ecclesiastes 2:7:4 ⧉וּבְנֵי־בַ֖יִתuvenevayitand sons of the house or homeborn {slaves} Ecclesiastes 2:7:5 ⧉הָ֣יָהhayathere was Ecclesiastes 2:7:6 ⧉לִ֑יlito me Ecclesiastes 2:7:7 ⧉גַּ֣םgamalso Ecclesiastes 2:7:8 ⧉מִקְנֶה֩miknelivestock or property Ecclesiastes 2:7:9 ⧉בָקָ֨רvakarcattle Ecclesiastes 2:7:10 ⧉וָצֹ֤אןvatsonand flock {sheep or goats} Ecclesiastes 2:7:11 ⧉הַרְבֵּה֙harbemuch or many Ecclesiastes 2:7:12 ⧉הָ֣יָהhayathere was Ecclesiastes 2:7:13 ⧉לִ֔יlito me Ecclesiastes 2:7:14 ⧉מִכֹּ֛לmikolmore than all Ecclesiastes 2:7:15 ⧉שֶֽׁהָי֥וּshehayuwho were Ecclesiastes 2:7:16 ⧉לְפָנַ֖יlefanaibefore me Ecclesiastes 2:7:17 ⧉בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃birushalimin Jerusalem |
7. Formal Translation I acquired male servants and female servants, and those born in my household were mine. I also had great livestock—cattle and sheep in abundance—more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem. |
7. Dynamic Translation I bought male slaves and female slaves, and I also had those born in my household. I owned large herds of cattle and flocks of sheep in abundance, more than anyone before me in Jerusalem. |