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Happy are you,אַשְׁרֵיךְland,אֶרֶץwhenשֶׁyour kingמַּלְכֵּךְis a sonבֶּןof nobles,חוֹרִיםand your princesוְשָׂרַיִךְeatיֹאכֵלוּat the right time,בָּעֵתwith strengthבִּגְבוּרָהand notוְלֹאwith drunkenness!בַשְּׁתִי
Ecclesiastes 10:17
Study it in the app“Happy 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!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 10:17, word by word
- Happy are youאַשְׁרֵיashre
happy, blessed
Happy, blessed: an exclamation for the good that someone has.
Where else “ashre” 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 sonבֶּןben
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “ben” appears- of noblesחוֹרִיםchorim
noble
Noble: a free person of rank in a city, one of those who had a say in its affairs together with the elders.
Where else “chorim” 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- at the right timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- with strengthגְבוּרָהgevura
strength
Strength of body or spirit to face something.
Where else “gevura” appears- with drunkennessשְּׁתִיsheti
drunkenness
Drunkenness.
Where else “sheti” appears
The context
16Woe to you, land, when your king is a boy, and your princes eat in the morning!
17 · This verse (above)
18Through laziness the roof sinks, and through drooping hands the house leaks.