Do notאַלbe hastyתְּבַהֵלwith your mouth,עַל פִּיךָand let your heartוְלִבְּךָnotאַלhurryיְמַהֵרto bring outלְהוֹצִיאa wordדָבָרbeforeלִפְנֵיElohim;הָאֱלֹהִיםforכִּיElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםis in the heavensבַּשָּׁמַיִםand youוְאַתָּהon the earth;עַל הָאָרֶץthereforeעַל כֵּןlet your wordsיִהְיוּ דְבָרֶיךָbe few.מְעַטִּים
Ecclesiastes 5:2
Study it in the app“Do 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.”
Before God, few words and no rushThe Tongue
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 5:2, word by word
- be hastyתְּבַהֵלtevahel
hurry
To move with haste, sometimes without thinking.
Where else “tevahel” appears- with your mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- and let your heartלִבְּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- hurryיְמַהֵרyemaher
hurry
To act without delay, with haste and energy.
Where else “yemaher” appears- to bring outהוֹצִיאhotsi
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsi” appears- a wordדָבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- is in the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
heaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appears- on the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- let your wordsיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- be fewמְעַטִּיםmeatim
few
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meatim” appears
The context
1Guard 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.
2 · This verse (above)
3For the dream comes with much occupation, and the voice of the senseless with many words.