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I have seenרָאִיתִיslavesעֲבָדִיםon horses,עַל סוּסִיםand princesוְשָׂרִיםwalkingהֹלְכִיםlike slavesכַּעֲבָדִיםon the earth.עַל הָאָרֶץ
Ecclesiastes 10:7
Study it in the app“I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking like slaves on the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 10:7, word by word
- I have seenרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appears- slavesעֲבָדִיםavadim
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avadim” appears- on horsesסוּסִיםsusim
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “susim” appears- and princesשָׂרִיםsarim
nobleman
Someone of high rank by family or office: a noble, a great lord.
Where else “sarim” appears- walkingהֹלְכִיםholchim
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holchim” appears- on the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
6witlessness is set in many heights, and the rich sit in a low place.
7 · This verse (above)
8Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever breaks through a fence, a snake will bite him.