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For laughterלִשְׂחוֹקthey makeעֹשִׂיםbread,לֶחֶםand wineוְיַיִןgladdensיְשַׂמַּחlife,חַיִּיםand silverוְהַכֶּסֶףanswersיַעֲנֶהeverything.אֶת הַכֹּל
Ecclesiastes 10:19
Study it in the app“For laughter they make bread, and wine gladdens life, and silver answers everything.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 10:19, word by word
- For laughterשְׂחוֹקsechok
laughter
The sound a person makes when something gives him joy.
Where else “sechok” appears- they makeעֹשִׂיםosim
make
To build or create something.
Where else “osim” appears- breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- and wineיַיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- gladdensיְשַׂמַּחyesamach
gladden
To make someone feel glad and cheered.
Where else “yesamach” appears- lifeחַיִּיםchayim
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayim” appears- and silverכֶּסֶףkesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appears- answersיַעֲנֶהyaane
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaane” appears
The context
18Through laziness the roof sinks, and through drooping hands the house leaks.
19 · This verse (above)
20Even in your thought do not curse the king, and in the chambers of your bed do not curse the rich, for a bird of the sky will carry the voice, and the owner of wings will tell the matter.