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Whoever digsחֹפֵרa pitגּוּמָּץwill fallיִפּוֹלinto it,בּוֹand whoever breaks throughוּפֹרֵץa fence,גָּדֵרa snakeנָחָשׁwill bite him.יִשְּׁכֶנּוּ
Ecclesiastes 10:8
Study it in the app“Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever breaks through a fence, a snake will bite him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 10:8, word by word
- Whoever digsחֹפֵרchofer
dig
To make a well or a pit in the ground.
Where else “chofer” appears- a pitגּוּמָּץgumats
pit
A pit, a hole dug in the ground.
Where else “gumats” appears- will fallיִפּוֹלyipol
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “yipol” appears- and whoever breaks throughפֹרֵץforets
breach
To smash a wall, burst in.
Where else “forets” appears- a fenceגָּדֵרgader
wall
Wall, fence: a wall that surrounds a piece of ground.
Where else “gader” appears- a snakeנָחָשׁnachash
serpent
A legless reptile that crawls and often bites with venom.
Where else “nachash” appears- will bite himיִשְּׁכֶyishche
bite
To sink the teeth in, like a snake that strikes and poisons.
Where else “yishche” appears
The context
7I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking like slaves on the earth.
8 · This verse (above)
9Whoever moves stones will be hurt by them; whoever splits logs will be endangered by them.