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Betterטוֹבis the endאַחֲרִיתof a matterדָּבָרthan its beginning;מֵרֵאשִׁיתוֹbetterטוֹבis one longאֶרֶךְof spiritרוּחַthan one highמִגְּבַהּof spirit.רוּחַ
Ecclesiastes 7:8
Study it in the app“Better is the end of a matter than its beginning; better is one long of spirit than one high of spirit.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 7:8, word by word
- Betterטוֹבtov
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appears- is the endאַחֲרִיתacharit
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharit” appears- of a matterדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- than its beginningרֵאשִׁיתreshit
beginning
The beginning: "in the beginning".
Where else “reshit” appears- is one longאֶרֶךְerech
slow
Patient, unhurried to anger.
Where else “erech” appears- of spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- than one highגְּבַהּgevah
haughty
Thinking oneself above others.
Where else “gevah” appears
The context
7For oppression makes a wise man mad, and a gift destroys the heart.
8 · This verse (above)
9Do not be hasty in your spirit to be vexed, for vexation rests in the bosom of the senseless.