Ecclesiastes 7:26

“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.”

Ecclesiastes 7:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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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.

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the one who is goodטוֹבtov

good

What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.

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beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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will escapeיִמָּלֵטyimalet

escape

To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.

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but the sinnerחוֹטֵאchote

sin

To do wrong, fail God or another.

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will be caughtיִלָּכֶדyilached

be snared

To be snared.

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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,

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