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Whoמִיis like the wise man?כְּהֶחָכָםAnd whoוּמִיknowsיוֹדֵעַthe interpretationפֵּשֶׁרof a matter?דָּבָרThe wisdomחָכְמַתof a human beingאָדָםlights upתָּאִירhis face,פָּנָיוand the hardnessוְעֹזof his faceפָּנָיוis changed.יְשֻׁנֶּא
Ecclesiastes 8:1
Study it in the app“Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a matter? The wisdom of a human being lights up his face, and the hardness of his face is changed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 8:1, word by word
- is like the wise manחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- knowsיוֹדֵעַyodea
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodea” appears- the interpretationפֵּשֶׁרpesher
interpretation
Interpretation, explanation.
Where else “pesher” appears- of a matterדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- The wisdomחָכְמַתchachmat
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachmat” appears- of a human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- lights upתָּאִירtair
give light
To fill with light and drive away darkness; also to light a lamp.
Where else “tair” appears- his faceפָּנָיpanay
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panay” appears- and the hardnessעֹזoz
hardness
Hardness in the face of one who does not yield or feel shame.
Where else “oz” appears- is changedיְשֻׁנֶּאyeshune
change
Change, make different: of clothes (2 Kings 25:29), of appearance (Lamentations 4:1) or of place (Esther 2:9). A less frequent form of the verb "change."
Where else “yeshune” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2I say: keep the command of the king, and that because of the oath of Elohim.