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Betterטוֹבis a goodnameשֵׁםthan good perfume,מִשֶּׁמֶן טוֹבand the dayוְיוֹםof deathהַמָּוֶתthan the dayמִיּוֹםof one’s birth.הִוָּלְדוֹ
Ecclesiastes 7:1
Study it in the app“Better is a good name than good perfume, and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 7:1, word by word
- Betterטוֹבtov
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appears- nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- than good perfumeשֶּׁמֶןshemen
oil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shemen” appears- and the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of deathמָּוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears- of one’s birthהִוָּלְדhivald
be born
To come into the world, to begin to live.
Where else “hivald” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, because that is the end of every human being, and the living will lay it to his heart.