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Better isטוֹבa poorמִסְכֵּןand wiseוְחָכָםyouthיֶלֶדthan an oldזָקֵןand senselessוּכְסִילkingמִמֶּלֶךְwhoאֲשֶׁרnoלֹאlongerעוֹדknowsיָדַעhow to be warned.לְהִזָּהֵר
Ecclesiastes 4:13
Study it in the app“Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and senseless king who no longer knows how to be warned.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 4:13, word by word
- Better isטוֹבtov
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appears- a poorמִסְכֵּןmisken
poor
Poor, without means.
Where else “misken” appears- and wiseחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- youthיֶלֶדyeled
youth
Young males, no longer children but not yet full-grown men.
Where else “yeled” appears- than an oldזָקֵןzaken
old
A person of many years.
Where else “zaken” appears- and senselessכְסִילchesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “chesil” appears- kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- knowsיָדַעyada
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” appears- how to be warnedהִזָּהֵרhizaher
warn
To alert someone to danger, instruct them.
Where else “hizaher” appears
The context
12And if one overpowers him, the two will stand against him; and the threefold cord is not quickly broken.
13 · This verse (above)
14For from the house of the prisoners he came out to reign, though also in his kingdom he was born poor.