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Better isטוֹבa fullמְלֹאpalmכַףwith restנָחַתthan two fullמִמְּלֹאfistsחָפְנַיִםwith toilעָמָלand strivingוּרְעוּתafter wind.רוּחַ
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Study it in the app“Better is a full palm with rest than two full fists with toil and striving after wind.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 4:6, word by word
- Better isטוֹבtov
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appears- a fullמְלֹאmelo
handful
What fits at once: a handful, or a house full.
Where else “melo” appears- palmכַףchaf
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “chaf” appears- with restנָחַתnachat
rest
Tranquility: being without hurry or toil.
Where else “nachat” appears- fistsחָפְנַיִםchafnayim
two handfuls
Both fists full: what fits in the two hands together.
Where else “chafnayim” appears- with toilעָמָלamal
toil
Exhausting effort and what it earns.
Where else “amal” appears- and strivingרְעוּתreut
striving, chasing
Striving (from the root "to feed, shepherd"); in "chasing after wind": the effort to catch the wind.
Where else “reut” appears- after windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears
The context
5The senseless folds his hands and eats his own flesh.
6 · This verse (above)
7And I turned and saw vapor under the sun: