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Betterטוֹבthatאֲשֶׁרyou do notלֹאvowתִדֹּרthan that you vowמִשֶׁתִּדּוֹרand do notוְלֹאfulfill.תְשַׁלֵּם
Ecclesiastes 5:5
Study it in the app“Better that you do not vow than that you vow and do not fulfill.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 5:5, word by word
- Betterטוֹבtov
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appears- vowתִדֹּרtidor
vow
Make a vow: promise something to God.
Where else “tidor” appears- fulfillתְשַׁלֵּםteshalem
repay
To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.
Where else “teshalem” appears
The context
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.
5 · This verse (above)
6Do not let your mouth bring your flesh into sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was an error. Why should Elohim be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?