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There isיֵשׁan evilרָעָהI have seenרָאִיתִיunderתַּחַתthe sun,הַשָּׁמֶשׁlike an errorכִּשְׁגָגָהthat goes outשֶׁיֹּצָאfrom beforeמִלִּפְנֵיthe ruler:הַשַּׁלִּיט
Ecclesiastes 10:5
Study it in the app“There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error that goes out from before the ruler:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 10:5, word by word
- an evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- I have seenרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appears- the sunשָּׁמֶשׁshamesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shamesh” appears- like an errorשְׁגָגָהshegaga
inadvertence
Inadvertence: a sin committed without realizing it or without intending it.
Where else “shegaga” appears- that goes outיֹּצָאyotsa
spring up
To spring up, be born, come from something.
Where else “yotsa” appears- from beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the rulerשַּׁלִּיטshalit
ruler
One in command.
Where else “shalit” appears
The context
4If the spirit of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness lays to rest great sins.
5 · This verse (above)
6witlessness is set in many heights, and the rich sit in a low place.