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Forכִּיin a multitudeבְרֹבof dreamsחֲלֹמוֹתthere are vaporsוַהֲבָלִיםand many words;וּדְבָרִים הַרְבֵּהbutכִּיfearיְרָאElohim.אֶת הָאֱלֹהִים
Ecclesiastes 5:7
Study it in the app“For in a multitude of dreams there are vapors and many words; but fear Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 5:7, word by word
- in a multitudeרֹבrov
multitude
A great crowd of people or things.
Where else “rov” appears- of dreamsחֲלֹמוֹתchalomot
dream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalomot” appears- there are vaporsהֲבָלִיםhavalim
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “havalim” appears- and many wordsדְבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- and many wordsהַרְבֵּהharbe
greatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “harbe” appears- fearיְרָאyera
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yera” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears
The context
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?
7 · This verse (above)
8If you see the oppression of the poor and the robbing of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be amazed at the matter, for a high one watches over a high one, and higher ones over them.