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The heartלֵבof the wiseחֲכָמִיםis in the houseבְּבֵיתof mourning,אֵבֶלand the heartוְלֵבof the senselessכְּסִילִיםin the houseבְּבֵיתof joy.שִׂמְחָה
Ecclesiastes 7:4
Study it in the app“The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, and the heart of the senseless in the house of joy.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 7:4, word by word
- The heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of the wiseחֲכָמִיםchachamim
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachamim” appears- is in the houseבֵיתvet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appears- of mourningאֵבֶלevel
mourning
Mourning, grief for one who has died.
Where else “evel” appears- of the senselessכְּסִילִיםkesilim
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesilim” appears- of joyשִׂמְחָהsimcha
joy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appears
The context
3Better is grief than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made better.
4 · This verse (above)
5Better to hear the rebuke of a wise man than to be a man who hears the song of the senseless.