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There isיֵשׁa sicklyחוֹלָהevilרָעָהI have seenרָאִיתִיunderתַּחַתthe sun:הַשָּׁמֶשׁrichesעֹשֶׁרkeptשָׁמוּרby their ownerלִבְעָלָיוto his harm,לְרָעָתוֹ
Ecclesiastes 5:13
Study it in the app“There is a sickly evil I have seen under the sun: riches kept by their owner to his harm,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 5:13, word by word
- a sicklyחוֹלָהchola
be sick
To lose one's health or strength, feel ill.
Where else “chola” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- I have seenרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appears- the sunשָּׁמֶשׁshamesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shamesh” appears- richesעֹשֶׁרosher
wealth
Wealth, riches.
Where else “osher” appears- keptשָׁמוּרshamur
preserve
To keep something, or watch and wait.
Where else “shamur” appears- by their ownerבְעָלָיvealay
owner
One who owns something and answers for it: a house, an ox, a field.
Where else “vealay” appears
The context
12Sweet is the sleep of the one who works, whether little or much he eats; but the fullness of the rich does not let him sleep.
13 · This verse (above)
14and those riches are lost in a bad occupation, and he fathers a son, and there is nothing in his hand.