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Goingהוֹלֵךְtoward the southאֶל דָּרוֹםand circlingוְסוֹבֵבtoward the north,אֶל צָפוֹןcircling,סוֹבֵבcirclingסֹבֵבgoesהוֹלֵךְthe wind;הָרוּחַand onוְעַלits circuitsסְבִיבֹתָיוthe windהָרוּחַreturns.שָׁב
Ecclesiastes 1:6
Study it in the app“Going toward the south and circling toward the north, circling, circling goes the wind; and on its circuits the wind returns.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 1:6, word by word
- Goingהוֹלֵךְholech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appears- toward the southדָּרוֹםdarom
south
The south; in poetry, the south wind.
Where else “darom” appears- and circlingסוֹבֵבsovev
go around
To follow a road that circles instead of going straight.
Where else “sovev” appears- toward the northצָפוֹןtsafon
north
North.
Where else “tsafon” appears- the windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- its circuitsסְבִיבֹתָיsevivotay
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivotay” appears- returnsשָׁבshav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shav” appears
The context
5And the sun rises, and the sun goes down, and it pants toward its place; there it rises.
6 · This verse (above)
7All the streams go to the sea, and the sea is not full; to the place where the streams go, there they go again.