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The heartלֵבof the wise manחָכָםis at his right,לִימִינוֹand the heartוְלֵבof the senselessכְּסִילat his left.לִשְׂמֹאלוֹ
Ecclesiastes 10:2
Study it in the app“The heart of the wise man is at his right, and the heart of the senseless at his left.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 10:2, word by word
- The heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of the wise manחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- is at his rightימִינymin
right side
The right side.
Where else “ymin” appears- of the senselessכְּסִילkesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesil” appears- at his leftשְׂמֹאלsemol
left
The side of the hand that is not the right.
Where else “semol” appears
The context
1Flies of death make stink, make ferment the oil of the perfumer; weightier than wisdom, than honor, is a little witlessness.
2 · This verse (above)
3And even on the road, when the witless walks, his heart is lacking, and he says to everyone that he is witless.