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Do notאַלbeתְּהִיrighteousצַדִּיקovermuch,הַרְבֵּהand do notוְאַלact overlyיוֹתֵרwise;תִּתְחַכַּםwhyלָמָּהshould you ruin yourself?תִּשּׁוֹמֵם
Ecclesiastes 7:16
Study it in the app“Do not be righteous overmuch, and do not act overly wise; why should you ruin yourself?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 7:16, word by word
- beתְּהִיtehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appears- righteousצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- overmuchהַרְבֵּהharbe
greatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “harbe” appears- act overlyיוֹתֵרyoter
more, besides
More, over and above: what exceeds something else. "More than me".
Where else “yoter” appears- wiseתִּתְחַכַּםtitchakam
be wise
Be wise, act wisely; in Exodus 1:10, act shrewdly.
Where else “titchakam” appears- should you ruin yourselfתִּשּׁוֹמֵםtishomem
be desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “tishomem” appears
The context
15Everything I have seen in the days of my vapor: there is a righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man prolonging his days in his evil.
16 · This verse (above)
17Do not be wicked overmuch, and do not be witless; why should you die before your time?