Do notאַלletתִּתֵּןyour mouthאֶת פִּיךָbringלַyour fleshאֶת בְּשָׂרֶךָinto sin,חֲטִיאand do notוְאַלsayתֹּאמַרbeforeלִפְנֵיthe messengerהַמַּלְאָךְthatכִּיit wasהִיאan error.שְׁגָגָהWhyלָמָּהshould Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםbe angryיִקְצֹףat your voiceעַל קוֹלֶךָand destroyוְחִבֵּלthe workאֶת מַעֲשֵׂהof your hands?יָדֶיךָ
Ecclesiastes 5:6
Study it in the app“Do 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?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 5:6, word by word
- letתִּתֵּןtiten
let
To let something happen.
Where else “titen” appears- your mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- your fleshבְּשָׂרֶbesare
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besare” appears- into sinחֲטִיאchati
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chati” appears- sayתֹּאמַרtomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomar” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the messengerמַּלְאָךְmalach
messenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malach” appears- an errorשְׁגָגָהshegaga
inadvertence
Inadvertence: a sin committed without realizing it or without intending it.
Where else “shegaga” appears- should Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- be angryיִקְצֹףyiktsof
be angry
Be angry, burst out in rage; provoke to anger.
Where else “yiktsof” appears- at your voiceקוֹלֶkole
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kole” appears- and destroyחִבֵּלchibel
ruin
To do harm or ruin something; also to act very wickedly.
Where else “chibel” appears- the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- of your handsיָדֶיyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears
The context
5Better that you do not vow than that you vow and do not fulfill.
6 · This verse (above)
7For in a multitude of dreams there are vapors and many words; but fear Elohim.