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Whoever lovesאֹהֵבsilverכֶּסֶףwill notלֹאbe satisfiedיִשְׂבַּעwith silver,כֶּסֶףand whoeverוּמִיlovesאֹהֵבabundance,בֶּהָמוֹןnotלֹאwith income.תְבוּאָהThis tooגַּם זֶהis vapor.הָבֶל
Ecclesiastes 5:10
Study it in the app“Whoever loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, and whoever loves abundance, not with income. This too is vapor.”
Whoever loves silver is never satisfied with silverGenerosity and Money
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 5:10, word by word
- Whoever lovesאֹהֵבohev
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ohev” appears- silverכֶּסֶףkesef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kesef” appears- be satisfiedיִשְׂבַּעyisba
be sated
To have plenty, be fed up.
Where else “yisba” appears- abundanceהָמוֹןhamon
abundance
Great store of goods.
Where else “hamon” appears- with incomeתְבוּאָהtevua
income
What one receives as income from a field, a deal or trade.
Where else “tevua” appears- is vaporהָבֶלhavel
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “havel” appears
The context
9And the profit of a land in all is this: a king for the field that is cultivated.
10 · This verse (above)
11When the good increases, those who eat it increase; and what benefit is there for its owner except the seeing of it with his eyes?