Guardשְׁמֹרyour footרַגְלְךָwhenכַּאֲשֶׁרyou goתֵּלֵךְto the houseאֶל בֵּיתof Elohim;הָאֱלֹהִיםand to draw nearוְקָרוֹבto listenלִשְׁמֹעַis better than to giveמִתֵּתthe sacrificeזָבַחof the senseless,הַכְּסִילִיםforכִּיthey do notאֵינָםknowיוֹדְעִיםthat they are doingלַעֲשׂוֹתevil.רָע
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Study it in the app“Guard your foot when you go to the house of Elohim; and to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of the senseless, for they do not know that they are doing evil.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 5:1, word by word
- Guardשְׁמֹרshemor
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “shemor” appears- your footרַגְלְragl
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragl” appears- you goתֵּלֵךְtelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appears- to the houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- and to draw nearקָרוֹבkarov
near
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “karov” appears- to listenשְׁמֹעַshemoa
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shemoa” appears- is better than to giveתֵּתtet
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appears- the sacrificeזָבַחzavach
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zavach” appears- of the senselessכְּסִילִיםkesilim
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesilim” appears- knowיוֹדְעִיםyodim
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodim” appears- that they are doingעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Do not be hasty with your mouth, and let your heart not hurry to bring out a word before Elohim; for Elohim is in the heavens and you on the earth; therefore let your words be few.