Ecclesiastes 7:27

“See, this I have found, says Qohelet, adding one to one to find the reckoning,”

Ecclesiastes 7:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ecclesiastes 7:27, word by word

Seeרְאֵהree

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “ree” appears
I have foundמָצָאתִיmatsati

find

To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.

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saysאָמְרָהamra

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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Qoheletקֹהֶלֶתkohelet

Qoheleth

Qoheleth: the name or title of the author of Ecclesiastes; one who gathers the assembly or speaks to it.

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adding oneאַחַתachat

one

The number one; just one and no more.

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the reckoningחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbon

sum, reckoning

Reckoning, reasoning; the result of adding things up.

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The context

26And 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.

27 · This verse (above)

28which my soul still has sought and I have not found: one man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among all these I have not found.

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