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The beginningתְּחִלַּתof the wordsדִּבְרֵיof his mouthפִיהוּis witlessness,סִכְלוּתand the endוְאַחֲרִיתof his mouthפִּיהוּis evilרָעָהmadness.הוֹלֵלוּת
Ecclesiastes 10:13
Study it in the app“The beginning of the words of his mouth is witlessness, and the end of his mouth is evil madness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 10:13, word by word
- The beginningתְּחִלַּתtechilat
beginning
Beginning, start; "at first".
Where else “techilat” appears- of the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of his mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- is witlessnessסִכְלוּתsichlut
witlessness, folly
Folly, senseless behavior.
Where else “sichlut” appears- and the endאַחֲרִיתacharit
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharit” appears- is evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- madnessהוֹלֵלוּתholelut
madness
Madness, folly.
Where else “holelut” appears
The context
12The words of the mouth of a wise man are favor, but the lips of the senseless swallow him up.
13 · This verse (above)
14And the witless multiplies words; the human being does not know what will be, and what will be after him, who will tell him?