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Forכִּיwhatמַהmore hasיּוֹתֵרthe wise manלֶחָכָםthan the senseless?מִן הַכְּסִילWhat hasמַהthe afflicted oneלֶּעָנִיwho knowsיוֹדֵעַhow to walkלַהֲלֹךְbeforeנֶגֶדthe living?הַחַיִּים
Ecclesiastes 6:8
Study it in the app“For what more has the wise man than the senseless? What has the afflicted one who knows how to walk before the living?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 6:8, word by word
- more hasיּוֹתֵרyoter
more, besides
More, over and above: what exceeds something else. "More than me".
Where else “yoter” appears- the wise manחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- than the senselessכְּסִילkesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesil” appears- the afflicted oneעָנִיani
poor, afflicted
Poor, afflicted: one who suffers need and has no one to defend him; also humble.
Where else “ani” appears- who knowsיוֹדֵעַyodea
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodea” appears- how to walkהֲלֹךְhaloch
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “haloch” appears- beforeנֶגֶדneged
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appears- the livingחַיִּיםchayim
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” appears
The context
7All the toil of the human being is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8 · This verse (above)
9Better is the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This too is vapor and striving after wind.