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I made greatהִגְדַּלְתִּיmy works:מַעֲשָׂיI builtבָּנִיתִיfor myselfלִיhouses;בָּתִּיםI plantedנָטַעְתִּיfor myselfלִיvineyards;כְּרָמִים
Ecclesiastes 2:4
Study it in the app“I made great my works: I built for myself houses; I planted for myself vineyards;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 2:4, word by word
- I made greatהִגְדַּלְתִּיhigdalti
make great
To give someone importance; do wonderful deeds.
Where else “higdalti” appears- my worksמַעֲשָׂmaasa
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maasa” appears- I builtבָּנִיתִיbaniti
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “baniti” appears- housesבָּתִּיםbatim
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “batim” appears- I plantedנָטַעְתִּיnatati
plant
Plant; set firmly.
Where else “natati” appears- vineyardsכְּרָמִיםkeramim
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “keramim” appears
The context
3I explored in my heart to draw my flesh with wine while my heart was guiding me with wisdom, and to lay hold on witlessness, until I might see what was good for human beings that they should do under the heavens during the number of the days of their life.
4 · This verse (above)
5I made for myself gardens and parks, and I planted in them every kind of fruit tree;