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Do notאַלbe hastyתִּבָּהֵלto goתֵּלֵךְfrom his presence;מִפָּנָיוdo notאַלstandתַּעֲמֹדin a badרָעmatter,בְּדָבָרforכִּיallכָּלthatאֲשֶׁרhe pleasesיַחְפֹּץhe will do.יַעֲשֶׂה
Ecclesiastes 8:3
Study it in the app“Do not be hasty to go from his presence; do not stand in a bad matter, for all that he pleases he will do.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 8:3, word by word
- be hastyתִּבָּהֵלtibahel
hurry
To move with haste, sometimes without thinking.
Where else “tibahel” appears- to goתֵּלֵךְtelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appears- from his presenceפָּנָיpanay
presence
Literally "the face": being before someone, face to face.
Where else “panay” appears- standתַּעֲמֹדtaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “taamod” appears- in a badרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- matterדָבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- he pleasesיַחְפֹּץyachpots
desire
To wish for something, be willing.
Where else “yachpots” appears- he will doיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears
The context
2I say: keep the command of the king, and that because of the oath of Elohim.
3 · This verse (above)
4Because the word of the king is power, and who will say to him, “What are you doing?”