Ecclesiastes 2:7
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
I boughtקָנִ֙יתִי֙
(ka·ni·ti)
7069: to get, acquirea prim. root
maleעֲבָדִ֣ים
(a·va·dim)
5650: slave, servantfrom abad
and female slavesוּשְׁפָחֹ֔ות
(u·she·fa·cho·vt,)
8198: maid, maidservantfrom an unused word
and I hadהָ֣יָה
(ha·yah)
1961: to fall out, come to pass, become, bea prim. root
homebornוּבְנֵי־
(u·ve·nei-)
1121: sona prim. root
slaves. 
 
1121: sona prim. root
Alsoגַּ֣ם
(gam)
1571: also, moreover, yeafrom an unused word
I possessed flocksוָצֹ֤אן
(va·tzon)
6629: small cattle, sheep and goats, flockfrom an unused word
and herdsבָקָ֨ר
(va·kar)
1241: cattle, herd, an oxfrom baqar
largerהַרְבֵּה֙
(har·beh)
7235a: to be or become much, many or greata prim. root
than 
 
4480: froma prim. preposition
allמִכֹּ֛ל
(mik·kol)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
who 
 
7945: who, which, thata prim. rel. particle
precededלְפָנַ֖י
(le·fa·nai)
6440: face, facesfrom panah
me in Jerusalem.בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
(bi·ru·sha·lim.)
3389: probably "foundation of peace," capital city of all Isr.from yarah and shalem


















KJV Lexicon
I got
qanah  (kaw-naw')
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
me servants
`ebed  (eh'-bed)
a servant -- bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
and maidens
shiphchah  (shif-khaw')
a female slave (as a member of the household) -- (bond-, hand-)maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.
and had servants born
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
in my house
bayith  (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
also I had great
rabah  (raw-baw')
to increase (in whatever respect)
possessions
miqneh  (mik-neh')
something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition -- cattle, flock, herd, possession, purchase, substance.
of great
baqar  (baw-kawr')
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd -- beeve, bull (+ -ock), + calf, + cow, great (cattle), + heifer, herd, kine, ox.
and small cattle
tso'n  (tsone)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
above all that were in Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim  (yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im)
founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine -- Jerusalem.
before
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
me
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
I bought male and female slaves and I had homeborn slaves. Also I possessed flocks and herds larger than all who preceded me in Jerusalem.

King James Bible
I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I acquired male and female servants and had slaves who were born in my house. I also owned many herds of cattle and flocks, more than all who were before me in Jerusalem.

International Standard Version
I acquired male and female slaves, and had other slaves born in my house. I also acquired for myself increasing numbers of herds and flocks—more than anyone who had lived before me in Jerusalem.

NET Bible
I purchased male and female slaves, and I owned slaves who were born in my house; I also possessed more livestock--both herds and flocks--than any of my predecessors in Jerusalem.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I bought male and female slaves. In addition, slaves were born in my household. I owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me.

King James 2000 Bible
I got myself male and female servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle more than all that were in Jerusalem before me:
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