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And the witlessוְהַסָּכָלmultipliesיַרְבֶּהwords;דְבָרִיםthe human beingהָאָדָםdoes notלֹאknowיֵדַעwhatמַה שֶׁwill be,יִּהְיֶהand whatוַאֲשֶׁרwill beיִהְיֶהafter him,מֵאַחֲרָיוwhoמִיwill tell him?יַגִּיד לוֹ
Ecclesiastes 10:14
Study it in the app“And the witless multiplies words; the human being does not know what will be, and what will be after him, who will tell him?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 10:14, word by word
- And the witlessסָּכָלsachal
witless, fool
Foolish; a fool who acts without sense.
Where else “sachal” appears- multipliesיַרְבֶּהyarbe
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “yarbe” appears- wordsדְבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- the human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- knowיֵדַעyeda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yeda” appears- will beיִּהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- will tell himיַגִּידyagid
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagid” appears
The context
13The beginning of the words of his mouth is witlessness, and the end of his mouth is evil madness.
14 · This verse (above)
15The toil of the senseless wearies him, because he does not know how to go to the city.