Ecclesiastes 7:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.

Young's Literal Translation
Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth [it] unto his heart.

King James Bible
[It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that [is] the end of all men; and the living will lay [it] to his heart.

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

to enter
לָלֶ֣כֶת (lā·le·ḵeṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

a house
בֵּֽית־ (bêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of mourning
אֵ֗בֶל (’ê·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 60: Lamentation

than
מִלֶּ֙כֶת֙ (mil·le·ḵeṯ)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

a house
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of feasting,
מִשְׁתֶּ֔ה (miš·teh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4960: Drink, drinking, a banquet, feast

since
בַּאֲשֶׁ֕ר (ba·’ă·šer)
Preposition-b | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

[death]
ה֖וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

[is] the end
ס֣וֹף (sō·wp̄)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5490: A termination

of every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

man,
הָאָדָ֑ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

and the living
וְהַחַ֖י (wə·ha·ḥay)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

should take [this]
יִתֵּ֥ן (yit·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

heart.
לִבּֽוֹ׃ (lib·bōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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