Study it in the app“Better 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.”
The Preacher says the house of mourning teaches the heartSuffering and Trials
Betterטוֹבto goלָלֶכֶתto the houseאֶל בֵּיתof mourningאֵבֶלthan to goמִלֶּכֶתto the houseאֶל בֵּיתof feasting,מִשְׁתֶּהbecauseבַּאֲשֶׁרthatהוּאis the endסוֹףof everyכָּלhuman being,הָאָדָםand the livingוְהַחַיwill lay itיִתֵּןto his heart.אֶל לִבּוֹ
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechet” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearsmourning
Mourning, grief for one who has died.
Where else “evel” appearsfeast
A party with food and drink.
Where else “mishte” appearsend
End: where something finishes.
Where else “sof” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsalive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appearsput
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yiten” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears1Better is a good name than good perfume, and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
2 · This verse (above)
3Better is grief than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made better.
