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Betterטוֹבis the sightמַרְאֵהof the eyesעֵינַיִםthan the goingמֵהֲלָךְof the soul.נָפֶשׁThis tooגַּם זֶהis vaporהֶבֶלand strivingוּרְעוּתafter wind.רוּחַ
Ecclesiastes 6:9
Study it in the app“Better is the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This too is vapor and striving after wind.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 6:9, word by word
- Betterטוֹבtov
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appears- is the sightמַרְאֵהmare
sight
What is seen; how something appears before the eyes.
Where else “mare” appears- of the eyesעֵינַיִםenayim
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enayim” appears- than the goingהֲלָךְhalach
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halach” appears- of the soulנָפֶשׁnafesh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafesh” appears- is vaporהֶבֶלhevel
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “hevel” appears- and strivingרְעוּתreut
striving, chasing
Striving (from the root "to feed, shepherd"); in "chasing after wind": the effort to catch the wind.
Where else “reut” appears- after windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears
The context
8For what more has the wise man than the senseless? What has the afflicted one who knows how to walk before the living?
9 · This verse (above)
10Whatever has been, already its name has been called; and it is known that he is a human being, and he cannot contend with the one who is stronger than he.