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Goodטוֹבָהis wisdomחָכְמָהwith an inheritance,עִם נַחֲלָהandוְit gives moreיֹתֵרto those who seeלְרֹאֵיthe sun.הַשָּׁמֶשׁ
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Study it in the app“Good is wisdom with an inheritance, and it gives more to those who see the sun.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 7:11, word by word
- Goodטוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- is wisdomחָכְמָהchachma
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachma” appears- with an inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appears- it gives moreיֹתֵרyoter
more, besides
More, over and above: what exceeds something else. "More than me".
Where else “yoter” appears- to those who seeרֹאֵיroe
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roe” appears- the sunשָּׁמֶשׁshamesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shamesh” appears
The context
10Do not say, “What has happened that the former days were better than these?” for it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.
11 · This verse (above)
12For in the shadow of wisdom, in the shadow of silver; and the profit of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owners.