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Do notאַלbe hastyתְּבַהֵלin your spiritבְּרוּחֲךָto be vexed,לִכְעוֹסforכִּיvexationכַעַסrestsיָנוּחַin the bosomבְּחֵיקof the senseless.כְּסִילִים
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Study it in the app“Do not be hasty in your spirit to be vexed, for vexation rests in the bosom of the senseless.”
Do not rush to be provokedConflict and Reconciliation
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 7:9, word by word
- be hastyתְּבַהֵלtevahel
hurry
To move with haste, sometimes without thinking.
Where else “tevahel” appears- in your spiritרוּחֲruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- to be vexedכְעוֹסcheos
be vexed
To feel irritation or anger inside.
Where else “cheos” appears- vexationכַעַסchaas
provocation
What makes someone angry, above all what enrages God.
Where else “chaas” appears- restsיָנוּחַyanuach
rest
To stay still and settle in a place.
Where else “yanuach” appears- in the bosomחֵיקchek
bosom
The chest and arms, where one holds someone close.
Where else “chek” appears- of the senselessכְּסִילִיםkesilim
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesilim” appears
The context
8Better is the end of a matter than its beginning; better is one long of spirit than one high of spirit.
9 · This verse (above)
10Do not say, “What has happened that the former days were better than these?” for it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.