And Iוּ אֲנִיfindמוֹצֶאmore bitterמַרthan deathמִמָּוֶתthe womanאֶת הָאִשָּׁהwhoאֲשֶׁרisהִיאtraps,מְצוֹדִיםand her heartלִבָּהּnets,וַחֲרָמִיםher handsיָדֶיהָbonds;אֲסוּרִיםthe one who is goodטוֹבbeforeלִפְנֵיElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםwill escapeיִמָּלֵטfrom her,מִמֶּנָּהbut the sinnerוְחוֹטֵאwill be caughtיִלָּכֶדby her.בָּהּ
Ecclesiastes 7:26
Study it in the app“And I find more bitter than death the woman who is traps, and her heart nets, her hands bonds; the one who is good before Elohim will escape from her, but the sinner will be caught by her.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 7:26, word by word
- findמוֹצֶאmotse
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “motse” appears- more bitterמַרmar
bitterness
Deep pain of soul, or the cruelty that causes it.
Where else “mar” appears- than deathמָּוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears- the womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- trapsמְצוֹדִיםmetsodim
net
What is laid to catch animals.
Where else “metsodim” appears- and her heartלִבָּliba
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appears- netsחֲרָמִיםcharamim
net
A mesh of knotted cords spread out to catch fish.
Where else “charamim” appears- her handsיָדֶיyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- bondsאֲסוּרִיםasurim
bond
Bond: the rope or chain with which a prisoner is held.
Where else “asurim” appears- the one who is goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- will escapeיִמָּלֵטyimalet
escape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “yimalet” appears- but the sinnerחוֹטֵאchote
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chote” appears- will be caughtיִלָּכֶדyilached
be snared
To be snared.
Where else “yilached” appears
The context
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.
26 · This verse (above)
27See, this I have found, says Qohelet, adding one to one to find the reckoning,