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And Iוְ אָנִיsawרָאִיתִיthat there isשֶׁיֵּשׁprofitיִתְרוֹןfor wisdomלַחָכְמָהoverמִןwitlessness,הַסִּכְלוּתas the profitכִּיתְרוֹןof lightהָאוֹרoverמִןdarkness.הַחֹשֶׁךְ
Ecclesiastes 2:13
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With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 2:13, word by word
- sawרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appears- profitיִתְרוֹןyitron
advantage, gain
Advantage, profit: what is left over as gain.
Where else “yitron” appears- for wisdomחָכְמָהchachma
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachma” appears- witlessnessסִּכְלוּתsichlut
witlessness, folly
Folly, senseless behavior.
Where else “sichlut” appears- of lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears
The context
12And I turned to see wisdom and madness and witlessness; for what will the man who comes after the king do? What they have already done.
13 · This verse (above)
14The wise man — his eyes are in his head, and the senseless walks in darkness; and I knew too that one fate will befall them all.