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Through lazinessבַּעֲצַלְתַּיִםthe roofהַמְּקָרֶהsinks,יִמַּךְand through droopingוּבְשִׁפְלוּתhandsיָדַיִםthe houseהַבָּיִתleaks.יִדְלֹף
Ecclesiastes 10:18
Study it in the app“Through laziness the roof sinks, and through drooping hands the house leaks.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 10:18, word by word
- Through lazinessעֲצַלְתַּיִםatsaltayim
laziness
Laziness, idleness.
Where else “atsaltayim” appears- the roofמְּקָרֶהmekare
rafters
A roof frame, the timbers that hold up a roof.
Where else “mekare” appears- sinksיִמַּךְyimach
be brought low, sink
To sink, to collapse; to be brought low.
Where else “yimach” appears- and through droopingשִׁפְלוּתshiflut
slackness
Slackness, "drooping hands".
Where else “shiflut” appears- handsיָדַיִםyadayim
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadayim” appears- the houseבָּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- leaksיִדְלֹףyidlof
drip, weep
To drip; of the eyes, to shed tears.
Where else “yidlof” appears
The context
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!
18 · This verse (above)
19For laughter they make bread, and wine gladdens life, and silver answers everything.