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Onlyלְבַדsee,רְאֵהthisזֶהI have found:מָצָאתִיthatאֲשֶׁרElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםmadeעָשָׂהthe human beingאֶת הָאָדָםupright,יָשָׁרbut theyוְהֵמָּהhave soughtבִקְשׁוּmanyרַבִּיםinventions.חִשְּׁבֹנוֹת
Ecclesiastes 7:29
Study it in the app“Only see, this I have found: that Elohim made the human being upright, but they have sought many inventions.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 7:29, word by word
- Onlyבַדvad
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appears- 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.
Where else “matsati” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- madeעָשָׂהasa
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asa” appears- the human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- uprightיָשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- have soughtבִקְשׁוּvikshu
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “vikshu” appears- manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- inventionsחִשְּׁבֹנוֹתchishvonot
invention
Schemes and crooked ways people seek out on their own.
Where else “chishvonot” appears
The context
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.
29 · This verse (above)