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And sweetוּמָתוֹקis the light,הָאוֹרand goodוְטוֹבfor the eyesלַעֵינַיִםto seeלִרְאוֹתthe sun.אֶת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ
Ecclesiastes 11:7
Study it in the app“And sweet is the light, and good for the eyes to see the sun.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 11:7, word by word
- And sweetמָתוֹקmatok
sweet
Sweet; what is sweet.
Where else “matok” appears- is the lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- and goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- for the eyesעֵינַיִםenayim
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enayim” appears- to seeרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” 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
The context
6In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not let rest your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether both of them alike will be good.
7 · This verse (above)
8For if many years the human being lives, in them all let him rejoice, and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many; all that comes is vapor.