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The senselessהַכְּסִילfoldsחֹבֵקhis handsאֶת יָדָיוand eatsוְאֹכֵלhis own flesh.אֶת בְּשָׂרוֹ
Ecclesiastes 4:5
Study it in the app“The senseless folds his hands and eats his own flesh.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 4:5, word by word
- The senselessכְּסִילkesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesil” appears- foldsחֹבֵקchovek
embrace
Embrace.
Where else “chovek” appears- his handsיָדָיyaday
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yaday” appears- and eatsאֹכֵלochel
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ochel” appears- his own fleshבְּשָׂרbesar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appears
The context
4And I saw all the toil and all the skill of the work, that it is the envy of a man toward his neighbor. This too is vapor and striving after wind.
5 · This verse (above)
6Better is a full palm with rest than two full fists with toil and striving after wind.