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And the profitוְיִתְרוֹןof a landאֶרֶץin allבַּכֹּלis this:הוּאa kingמֶלֶךְfor the fieldלְשָׂדֶהthat is cultivated.נֶעֱבָד
Ecclesiastes 5:9
Study it in the app“And the profit of a land in all is this: a king for the field that is cultivated.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 5:9, word by word
- And the profitיִתְרוֹןyitron
advantage, gain
Advantage, profit: what is left over as gain.
Where else “yitron” appears- of a landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- a kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- for the fieldשָׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- that is cultivatedנֶעֱבָדneevad
work
To toil, till the land.
Where else “neevad” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew of this verse is obscure; it has also been understood as “a king subject to the field” or “a king who cares for the field.”
The context
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.
9 · This verse (above)
10Whoever loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, and whoever loves abundance, not with income. This too is vapor.