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Twoהַשְּׁנַיִםare betterטוֹבִיםthan one,מִן הָאֶחָדbecauseאֲשֶׁרthey haveיֵשׁ לָהֶםgoodטוֹבwagesשָׂכָרfor their toil.בַּעֲמָלָם
Ecclesiastes 4:9
Study it in the app“Two are better than one, because they have good wages for their toil.”
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With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 4:9, word by word
- Twoשְּׁנַיִםshenayim
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shenayim” appears- are betterטוֹבִיםtovim
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tovim” appears- than oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- wagesשָׂכָרsachar
wages
What is given to someone for the work he did, in money or goods.
Where else “sachar” appears- for their toilעֲמָלָamala
toil
Exhausting effort and what it earns.
Where else “amala” appears
The context
8There is one, and no second; he has neither son nor brother, and there is no end to all his toil; also his eye is not satisfied with riches. “And for whom am I toiling and depriving my soul of good?” This too is vapor, and it is a bad occupation.
9 · This verse (above)
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!