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Betterטוֹבis griefכַּעַסthan laughter,מִשְּׂחֹקforכִּיby sadnessבְרֹעַof faceפָּנִיםthe heartלֵבis made better.יִיטַב
Ecclesiastes 7:3
Study it in the app“Better is grief than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made better.”
The Preacher says the house of mourning teaches the heartSuffering and Trials
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 7:3, word by word
- Betterטוֹבtov
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appears- is griefכַּעַסkaas
grief
Bitter pain one carries inside.
Where else “kaas” appears- than laughterשְּׂחֹקsechok
laughter
The sound a person makes when something gives him joy.
Where else “sechok” appears- by sadnessרֹעַroa
sadness
A sad face, weighed down by grief.
Where else “roa” appears- of faceפָּנִיםpanim
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panim” appears- the heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- is made betterיִיטַבyitav
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “yitav” appears
The context
2Better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, because that is the end of every human being, and the living will lay it to his heart.
3 · This verse (above)
4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, and the heart of the senseless in the house of joy.