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Also,גַּםifאִםtwoשְׁנַיִםlie down,יִשְׁכְּבוּthey have warmth;וְחַם לָהֶםbut for oneוּלְאֶחָדhowאֵיךְcan there be warmth?יֵחָם
Ecclesiastes 4:11
Study it in the app“Also, if two lie down, they have warmth; but for one how can there be warmth?”
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With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 4:11, word by word
- twoשְׁנַיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears- lie downיִשְׁכְּבוּyishkvu
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “yishkvu” appears- they have warmthחַםcham
be warm
To receive warmth and stop being cold.
Where else “cham” appears- but for oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- can there be warmthיֵחָםyecham
grow hot
For the body or heart to feel heat, sometimes of anger.
Where else “yecham” appears
The context
10For if they fall, the one will lift up his companion; but woe to him, the one who falls and there is no second to lift him up!
11 · This verse (above)
12And if one overpowers him, the two will stand against him; and the threefold cord is not quickly broken.