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And there was foundוּמָצָאin itבָהּa poorמִסְכֵּןwiseחָכָםman,אִישׁand heוּ הוּאdeliveredמִלַּטthe cityאֶת הָעִירby his wisdom;בְּחָכְמָתוֹyet no oneוְאָדָם לֹאrememberedזָכַרthatהַהּוּאpoorהַמִּסְכֵּןman.אֶת הָאִישׁ
Ecclesiastes 9:15
Study it in the app“And there was found in it a poor wise man, and he delivered the city by his wisdom; yet no one remembered that poor man.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 9:15, word by word
- And there was foundמָצָאmatsa
be present
To be present in a place, or to be enough.
Where else “matsa” appears- a poorמִסְכֵּןmisken
poor
Poor, without means.
Where else “misken” appears- wiseחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- deliveredמִלַּטmilat
rescue
To bring another out of danger and set him safe.
Where else “milat” appears- the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- by his wisdomחָכְמָתchachmat
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachmat” appears- yet no oneאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- rememberedזָכַרzachar
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zachar” appears
The context
14There was a small city and few men in it, and there came against it a great king and surrounded it and built against it great bulwarks.
15 · This verse (above)
16And I said, “Better is wisdom than might, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heard.”