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The toilעֲמַלof the senselessהַכְּסִילִיםwearies him,תְּיַגְּעֶנּוּbecauseאֲשֶׁרhe does notלֹאknowיָדַעhow to goלָלֶכֶתto the city.אֶל עִיר
Ecclesiastes 10:15
Study it in the app“The toil of the senseless wearies him, because he does not know how to go to the city.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 10:15, word by word
- The toilעֲמַלamal
toil
Exhausting effort and what it earns.
Where else “amal” appears- of the senselessכְּסִילִיםkesilim
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesilim” appears- wearies himתְּיַגְּעֶteyage
grow weary, toil
Grow weary, be tired from effort; also to toil, or to make another weary.
Where else “teyage” appears- knowיָדַעyada
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” appears- how to goלֶכֶתlechet
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechet” appears- to the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears
The context
14And the witless multiplies words; the human being does not know what will be, and what will be after him, who will tell him?
15 · This verse (above)
16Woe to you, land, when your king is a boy, and your princes eat in the morning!