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Forכִּיthe dreamהַחֲלוֹםcomesבָּאwith muchבְּרֹבoccupation,עִנְיָןand the voiceוְקוֹלof the senselessכְּסִילwith manyבְּרֹבwords.דְּבָרִים
Ecclesiastes 5:3
Study it in the app“For the dream comes with much occupation, and the voice of the senseless with many words.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 5:3, word by word
- the dreamחֲלוֹםchalom
dream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalom” appears- comesבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- with muchרֹבrov
abundance
A great amount, so large that it is not measured.
Where else “rov” appears- occupationעִנְיָןinyan
task, business
Occupation, task; an affair or business that keeps someone busy.
Where else “inyan” appears- and the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of the senselessכְּסִילkesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesil” appears- wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears
The context
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.
3 · This verse (above)
4When you vow a vow to Elohim, do not delay to fulfill it, for he has no delight in the senseless; what you vow, fulfill.