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Whoever movesמַסִּיעַstonesאֲבָנִיםwill be hurtיֵעָצֵבby them;בָּהֶםwhoever splitsבּוֹקֵעַlogsעֵצִיםwill be endangeredיִסָּכֶןby them.בָּם
Ecclesiastes 10:9
Study it in the app“Whoever moves stones will be hurt by them; whoever splits logs will be endangered by them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 10:9, word by word
- Whoever movesמַסִּיעַmasia
pull up
To pull something out of where it was fixed, like stakes, stones or gates.
Where else “masia” appears- stonesאֲבָנִיםavanim
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appears- will be hurtיֵעָצֵבyeatsev
grieve
To feel pain or grief in the heart, or to cause it to someone.
Where else “yeatsev” appears- whoever splitsבּוֹקֵעַbokea
split
To cleave something in two, like wood or the sea.
Where else “bokea” appears- logsעֵצִיםetsim
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsim” appears- will be endangeredיִסָּכֶןyisachen
be endangered
To risk getting hurt.
Where else “yisachen” appears
The context
8Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever breaks through a fence, a snake will bite him.
9 · This verse (above)
10If the iron is blunt, and he does not sharpen the edge, he must increase his strength; but the profit of getting it right is wisdom.