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Betterטוֹבto hearלִשְׁמֹעַthe rebukeגַּעֲרַתof a wise manחָכָםthan to be a manמֵאִישׁwho hearsשֹׁמֵעַthe songשִׁירof the senseless.כְּסִילִים
Ecclesiastes 7:5
Study it in the app“Better to hear the rebuke of a wise man than to be a man who hears the song of the senseless.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 7:5, word by word
- Betterטוֹבtov
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appears- to hearשְׁמֹעַshemoa
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemoa” appears- the rebukeגַּעֲרַתgaarat
rebuke
A rebuke: a strong word that scolds or stops someone. Of God, the command before which the sea or the enemies draw back.
Where else “gaarat” appears- of a wise manחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- than to be a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- the songשִׁירshir
song
A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.
Where else “shir” 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
The context
4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, and the heart of the senseless in the house of joy.
5 · This verse (above)
6For like the sound of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the senseless; and this too is vapor.