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Becauseאֲשֶׁרthe sentenceפִתְגָםagainst the evilהָרָעָהworkמַעֲשֵׂהis notאֵיןcarried outנַעֲשָׂהquickly,מְהֵרָהthereforeעַל כֵּןthe heartלֵבof human beingsבְּנֵי הָאָדָםis fullמָלֵאin themבָּהֶםto doלַעֲשׂוֹתevil.רָע
Ecclesiastes 8:11
Study it in the app“Because the sentence against the evil work is not carried out quickly, therefore the heart of human beings is full in them to do evil.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 8:11, word by word
- the sentenceפִתְגָםfitgam
decree, edict
Decree, sentence: what the king decides and orders to be published (a word of Persian origin).
Where else “fitgam” appears- against the evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- carried outנַעֲשָׂהnaasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “naasa” appears- quicklyמְהֵרָהmehera
haste, quickly
Haste; as an adverb, "quickly."
Where else “mehera” appears- the heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of human beingsבְּנֵיbene
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “bene” appears- of human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- is fullמָלֵאmale
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “male” appears
The context
10And so I saw the wicked buried, and they came, and from the holy place they would go, and they were forgotten in the city where they had done so. This too is vapor.
11 · This verse (above)
12Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his days, yet also I know that it will be well with those who fear Elohim, who fear before him;