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The endסוֹףof the matter;דָּבָרallהַכֹּלhas been heard:נִשְׁמָעfearיְרָאElohimאֶת הָאֱלֹהִיםand keepוְ שְׁמוֹרhis commandments,אֶת מִצְוֺתָיוforכִּיthisזֶהis the wholeכָּלof the human being.הָאָדָם
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Study it in the app“The end of the matter; all has been heard: fear Elohim and keep his commandments, for this is the whole of the human being.”
The close of Ecclesiastes: fear God and keep his commandsPurposeThe Preacher concludes: fear God and keep his commandmentsObedienceThe Teacher sums up everything he has heard in one lineWisdom
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 12:13, word by word
- The endסוֹףsof
end
End: where something finishes.
Where else “sof” appears- of the matterדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- has been heardנִשְׁמָעnishma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “nishma” appears- fearיְרָאyera
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yera” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- and keepשְׁמוֹרshemor
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemor” appears- his commandmentsמִצְוֺתָיmitsvotay
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvotay” appears- of the human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears
The context
12And besides these, my son, be warned: of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
13 · This verse (above)
14For every work Elohim will bring into judgment with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.