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Ecclesiasteschapter 7

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Ecclesiastes 7— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Better the House of Mourning Than the House of Feasting1

Ecclesiastes 7:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

ט֥וֹבtov[is] goodH2896שֵׁ֖םshema nameH8034מִשֶּׁ֣מֶןmishemenmore than ointmentH8081ט֑וֹבtovgoodH2896וְי֣וֹםveyomand [the] day ofH3117הַמָּ֔וֶתhamavet<the> deathH4194מִיּ֖וֹםmiyommore than [the] day ofH3117הִוָּלְדֽוֹ׃hivaldobeing born heH3205

Aramaic Targum to Ecclesiastes 7:1

Targum
Better the good name which the righteous acquire in this world, than the anointing oil which was poured upon the heads of kings and priests; and the day wherein a man dies and departs to the grave with a good name and merits, than the day wherein the wicked is born into the world.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Coheleth, trans. by C.D.Ginsburg, London 1861

Ecclesiastes 7:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

אַל־ʾal-may notH408תֹּאמַר֙tomaryou sayH559מֶ֣הmehwhy?H4100הָיָ֔הhayahwas itH1961שֶׁ֤הַיָּמִים֙shehaiyamimthat the daysH3117הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםharishonim<the> formerH7223הָי֥וּhayuthey wereH1961טוֹבִ֖יםtovimgoodH2896מֵאֵ֑לֶּהmeelehmore than theseH428כִּ֛יkiforH3588לֹ֥אlo'notH3808מֵחָכְמָ֖הmechakhemahfrom wisdomH2451שָׁאַ֥לְתָּshaaltayou have askedH7592עַל־ʾal-onH5921זֶֽה׃zehthisH2088

Rashi on Ecclesiastes 7:10

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
Do not say, was it that the former days, etc. Do not wonder about the goodness that was bestowed upon the righteous men of yore, such as the generation of the wilderness, the generation of Yehoshua and the generation of Dovid.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001

Aramaic Targum to Ecclesiastes 7:10

Targum
In the time of oppression, say not what was before now was good in the world; for the former days were better, and the men of that generation had better doings than these, therefore good came to them; and thou askest not according to wisdom about this.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Coheleth, trans. by C.D.Ginsburg, London 1861

Ecclesiastes 7:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

טוֹבָ֥הtovah[is] goodH2896חָכְמָ֖הchokhmahwisdomH2451עִֽם־ʾim-withH5973נַחֲלָ֑הnachalahan inheritanceH5159וְיֹתֵ֖רveyoterand [is] an advantageH3148לְרֹאֵ֥יleroeito [those who] seeH7200הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashamesh<of> the sunH8121

Rashi on Ecclesiastes 7:11

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
It is good to have wisdom, etc. Their wisdom stood for them together with the heritage of the merit of their forefathers, for wisdom is good. 30 Alternatively, נחלה refers to a monetary inheritance or a skill that is handed down from father to son (Ibn Ezra).

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001

Ecclesiastes 7:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

רְאֵ֖הreehconsiderH7200אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853מַעֲשֵׂ֣הmaaseh[the] work ofH4639הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםhaelohim<the> GodH430כִּ֣יkiforH3588מִ֤יmiwho?H4310יוּכַל֙yukhalis he ableH3201לְתַקֵּ֔ןletakento straightenH8626אֵ֖תʾet<obj.>H853אֲשֶׁ֥רʾasher[that] whichH834עִוְּתֽוֹ׃ivetohe has bent itH5791

Rashi on Ecclesiastes 7:13

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
Consider the deeds of God. How everything is prepared according to man’s actions, the Garden of Eden for the righteous and Gehinnom for the wicked. Consider to which you should cling.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001

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