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Woeאִיto you,לָךְland,אֶרֶץwhenשֶׁyour kingמַּלְכֵּךְis a boy,נָעַרand your princesוְשָׂרַיִךְeatיֹאכֵלוּin the morning!בַּבֹּקֶר
Ecclesiastes 10:16
Study it in the app“Woe to you, land, when your king is a boy, and your princes eat in the morning!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 10:16, word by word
- Woeאִיi
woe!
Woe! A cry of lament.
Where else “i” appears- landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- your kingמַּלְכֵּmalke
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malke” appears- is a boyנָעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- and your princesשָׂרַיִsarayi
nobleman
Someone of high rank by family or office: a noble, a great lord.
Where else “sarayi” appears- eatיֹאכֵלוּyochelu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochelu” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears
The context
15The toil of the senseless wearies him, because he does not know how to go to the city.
16 · This verse (above)
17Happy are you, land, when your king is a son of nobles, and your princes eat at the right time, with strength and not with drunkenness!