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Far offרָחוֹקis whatמַה שֶּׁhas been,הָיָהand deep,וְעָמֹקdeep;עָמֹקwhoמִיcan find it?יִמְצָאֶנּוּ
Ecclesiastes 7:24
Study it in the app“Far off is what has been, and deep, deep; who can find it?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 7:24, word by word
- Far offרָחוֹקrachok
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rachok” appears- has beenהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- and deepעָמֹקamok
deep
Deep, sunken; figuratively, hard to understand.
Where else “amok” appears- can find itיִמְצָאֶyimtsae
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimtsae” appears
The context
23All this I tested by wisdom; I said, “I will be wise,” but it was far from me.
24 · This verse (above)
25I turned, I and my heart, to know and to explore and to seek wisdom and the reckoning, and to know the wickedness of senselessness and the witlessness of madness.