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At everyבְּכָלtimeעֵתlet your garmentsיִהְיוּ בְגָדֶיךָbe white,לְבָנִיםand let oilוְשֶׁמֶןon your headעַל רֹאשְׁךָnotאַלbe lacking.יֶחְסָר
Ecclesiastes 9:8
Study it in the app“At every time let your garments be white, and let oil on your head not be lacking.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 9:8, word by word
- timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- let your garmentsיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- let your garmentsבְגָדֶיvegade
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “vegade” appears- be whiteלְבָנִיםlevanim
white
White. It is the same word as the name "Laban".
Where else “levanim” appears- and let oilשֶׁמֶןshemen
oil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shemen” appears- on your headרֹאשְׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- be lackingיֶחְסָרyechsar
lack, be lacking
Lack, be short of; decrease.
Where else “yechsar” appears
The context
7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a good heart, for already Elohim has been pleased with your works.
8 · This verse (above)
9Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your life of vapor that he has given you under the sun, all the days of your vapor, for that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.