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Giveתֶּןa portionחֵלֶקto seven,לְשִׁבְעָהand alsoוְגַםto eight,לִשְׁמוֹנָהforכִּיyou do notלֹאknowתֵדַעwhatמַהevilרָעָהwill beיִּהְיֶהon the earth.עַל הָאָרֶץ
Ecclesiastes 11:2
Study it in the app“Give a portion to seven, and also to eight, for you do not know what evil will be on the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 11:2, word by word
- Giveתֶּןten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “ten” appears- a portionחֵלֶקchelek
portion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chelek” appears- to sevenשִׁבְעָהshiva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appears- to eightשְׁמוֹנָהshemona
eight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemona” appears- knowתֵדַעteda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “teda” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- will beיִּהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- on the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
1Send your bread on the surface of the waters, for in the abundance of days you will find it.
2 · This verse (above)
3If the clouds are full of rain, on the earth they empty it; and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will be.