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AndוְI sawרָאִיתִיfurtherעוֹדunderתַּחַתthe sun:הַשָּׁמֶשׁthe placeמְקוֹםof justice—הַמִּשְׁפָּטthereשָׁמָּהwas wickedness;הָרֶשַׁעand the placeוּמְקוֹםof righteousness—הַצֶּדֶקthereשָׁמָּהwas wickedness.הָרָשַׁע
Ecclesiastes 3:16
Study it in the app“And I saw further under the sun: the place of justice— there was wickedness; and the place of righteousness— there was wickedness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 3:16, word by word
- I sawרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” 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 placeמְקוֹםmekom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appears- of justice—מִּשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- was wickednessרֶשַׁעresha
wickedness
Wickedness: what is unjust and evil.
Where else “resha” appears- of righteousness—צֶּדֶקtsedek
righteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsedek” appears
The context
15What has been already is, and what is to be already has been; and Elohim seeks what is pursued.
16 · This verse (above)
17I said in my heart, “The righteous and the wicked Elohim will judge, for there is a time for every matter and for every work there.”