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Also,גַּםto allלְכָלthe wordsהַדְּבָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרthey speakיְדַבֵּרוּdo notאַלgiveתִּתֵּןyour heart,לִבֶּךָso thatאֲשֶׁרyou do notלֹאhearתִשְׁמַעyour slaveאֶת עַבְדְּךָcursing you;מְקַלְלֶךָ
Ecclesiastes 7:21
Study it in the app“Also, to all the words that they speak do not give your heart, so that you do not hear your slave cursing you;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 7:21, word by word
- the wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- they speakיְדַבֵּרוּyedaberu
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaberu” appears- giveתִּתֵּןtiten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “titen” appears- your heartלִבֶּlibe
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libe” appears- hearתִשְׁמַעtishma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “tishma” appears- your slaveעַבְדְּavd
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avd” appears- cursing youמְקַלְלֶmekalle
curse
To speak words against someone that wish him harm.
Where else “mekalle” appears
The context
20For there is no righteous human being on the earth who does good and does not sin.
21 · This verse (above)
22for also many times your heart knows that you also have cursed others.