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Ecclesiastes 4

Eccl. 4:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Again
gam (Hebrew #1571)
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
KJV usage: again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and , but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
Pronounce: gam
Origin: by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather
, if two
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
lie together
shakab (Hebrew #7901)
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
KJV usage: X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Pronounce: shaw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
, then they have heat
chamam (Hebrew #2552)
to be hot (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: enflame self, get (have) heat, be (wax) hot, (be, wax) warm (self, at).
Pronounce: khaw-mam'
Origin: a primitive root
: but how can one
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
be warm
yacham (Hebrew #3179)
probably to be hot; figuratively, to conceive
KJV usage: get heat, be hot, conceive, be warm.
Pronounce: yaw-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
alone?

Cross References

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1 Kings 1:1‑2• 1Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
 2Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. (1 Kings 1:1‑2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one alone be warm?