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Qoheletקֹהֶלֶתsoughtבִּקֵּשׁto findלִמְצֹאwordsדִּבְרֵיof delight,חֵפֶץand what was writtenוְכָתוּבwith uprightness,יֹשֶׁרwordsדִּבְרֵיof truth.אֱמֶת
Ecclesiastes 12:10
Study it in the app“Qohelet sought to find words of delight, and what was written with uprightness, words of truth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 12:10, word by word
- Qoheletקֹהֶלֶתkohelet
Qoheleth
Qoheleth: the name or title of the author of Ecclesiastes; one who gathers the assembly or speaks to it.
Where else “kohelet” appears- soughtבִּקֵּשׁbikesh
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “bikesh” appears- to findמְצֹאmetso
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “metso” appears- wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of delightחֵפֶץchefets
delight
What pleases someone.
Where else “chefets” appears- and what was writtenכָתוּבchatuv
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “chatuv” appears- with uprightnessיֹשֶׁרyosher
uprightness
Uprightness: what is straight and right.
Where else “yosher” appears- of truthאֱמֶתemet
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appears
The context
9And besides that Qohelet was wise, he also taught the people knowledge, and he weighed and searched out; he arranged many proverbs.
10 · This verse (above)
11The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails planted are the owners of the collections; they are given by a single shepherd.