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whichאֲשֶׁרmy soulנַפְשִׁיstillעוֹדhas soughtבִּקְשָׁהand I have notוְלֹאfound:מָצָאתִיoneאֶחָדmanאָדָםamong a thousandמֵאֶלֶףI have found,מָצָאתִיbut a womanוְאִשָּׁהamong allבְכָלtheseאֵלֶּהI have notלֹאfound.מָצָאתִי
Ecclesiastes 7:28
Study it in the app“which 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 7:28, word by word
- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appears- has soughtבִּקְשָׁהbiksha
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “biksha” appears- foundמָצָאתִיmatsati
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsati” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- manאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- among a thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- but a womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears
The context
27See, this I have found, says Qohelet, adding one to one to find the reckoning,
28 · This verse (above)
29Only see, this I have found: that Elohim made the human being upright, but they have sought many inventions.