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What is crookedמְעֻוָּתcannotלֹא יוּכַלbe made straight,לִתְקֹןand what is lackingוְחֶסְרוֹןcannotלֹא יוּכַלbe counted.לְהִמָּנוֹת
Ecclesiastes 1:15
Study it in the app“What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 1:15, word by word
- What is crookedמְעֻוָּתmeuvat
pervert, make crooked
To bend, to pervert; to make what is straight crooked. Said above all of justice and right.
Where else “meuvat” appears- cannotיוּכַלyuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchal” appears- be made straightתְקֹןtekon
make straight
To make straight; to set in order.
Where else “tekon” appears- and what is lackingחֶסְרוֹןchesron
lack
What is lacking; a deficiency.
Where else “chesron” appears- be countedהִמָּנוֹתhimanot
count
To work out how many there are, counting them one by one.
Where else “himanot” appears
The context
14I saw all the works that are done under the sun, and look, all is vapor and striving after wind.
15 · This verse (above)
16I spoke with my heart, saying, “I, look, have become great and have increased wisdom beyond all who were before me over Jerusalem; and my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.”