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It is goodטוֹבthatאֲשֶׁרyou graspתֶּאֱחֹזthis,בָּזֶהand alsoוְגַםfrom thatמִזֶּהdo notאַלwithdrawתַּנַּחyour hand;אֶת יָדֶךָforכִּיthe one who fearsיְרֵאElohimאֱלֹהִיםwill come outיֵצֵאwith all of them.אֶת כֻּלָּם
Ecclesiastes 7:18
Study it in the app“It is good that you grasp this, and also from that do not withdraw your hand; for the one who fears Elohim will come out with all of them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 7:18, word by word
- It is goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- you graspתֶּאֱחֹזteechoz
seize
To take something in the hand and not let go.
Where else “teechoz” appears- withdrawתַּנַּחtanach
leave
To leave something where it is and not take it away; not to hinder.
Where else “tanach” appears- your handיָדֶyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- the one who fearsיְרֵאyere
God-fearing
Who reveres God and so obeys him.
Where else “yere” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- will come outיֵצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears
The context
17Do not be wicked overmuch, and do not be witless; why should you die before your time?
18 · This verse (above)
19Wisdom makes strong the wise man more than ten rulers who are in the city.