4{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.7.4",
"source": "לֵב חֲכָמִים בְּבֵית אֵבֶל וְלֵב כְּסִילִים בְּבֵית שִׂמְחָה",
"text": "*Lēḇ* *ḥăḵāmîm* in-*bêṯ* *ʾēḇel* *wə-lēḇ* *kəsîlîm* in-*bêṯ* *śimḥāh*",
"grammar": {
"*Lēḇ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - heart of",
"*ḥăḵāmîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - wise ones",
"*bêṯ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - house of",
"*ʾēḇel*": "noun, masculine singular - mourning",
"*wə-lēḇ*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and heart of",
"*kəsîlîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - fools",
"*śimḥāh*": "noun, feminine singular - joy/gladness"
},
"variants": {
"*Lēḇ*": "heart/mind/inner person",
"*ḥăḵāmîm*": "wise ones/sages/those with wisdom",
"*bêṯ* *ʾēḇel*": "house of mourning/place of grief",
"*kəsîlîm*": "fools/those lacking wisdom or moral sense",
"*bêṯ* *śimḥāh*": "house of mirth/place of pleasure"
}
}
5{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.7.5",
"source": "טוֹב לִשְׁמֹעַ גַּעֲרַת חָכָם מֵאִישׁ שֹׁמֵעַ שִׁיר כְּסִילִים",
"text": "*Ṭôḇ* *lišmōaʿ* *gaʿăraṯ* *ḥāḵām* from-*ʾîš* *šōmēaʿ* *šîr* *kəsîlîm*",
"grammar": {
"*Ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - good/better",
"*lišmōaʿ*": "Qal infinitive construct with preposition - to hear",
"*gaʿăraṯ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - rebuke of",
"*ḥāḵām*": "adjective, masculine singular - wise person",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man",
"*šōmēaʿ*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - hearing/listening to",
"*šîr*": "noun, masculine singular construct - song of",
"*kəsîlîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - fools"
},
"variants": {
"*Ṭôḇ*": "better/more beneficial",
"*gaʿăraṯ*": "rebuke/reproof/correction",
"*ḥāḵām*": "wise person/sage",
"*šîr* *kəsîlîm*": "song of fools/frivolous singing"
}
}
6{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.7.6",
"source": "כִּי כְקוֹל הַסִּירִים תַּחַת הַסִּיר כֵּן שְׂחֹק הַכְּסִיל וְגַם־זֶה הָבֶל",
"text": "*Kî* like-*qôl* the-*sîrîm* *taḥaṯ* the-*sîr* thus *śəḥōq* the-*kəsîl* *wə-gam*-this *hāḇel*",
"grammar": {
"*Kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*qôl*": "noun, masculine singular construct - sound of",
"*sîrîm*": "noun, masculine plural with definite article - the thorns",
"*taḥaṯ*": "preposition - under",
"*sîr*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the pot",
"*śəḥōq*": "noun, masculine singular construct - laughter of",
"*kəsîl*": "adjective, masculine singular with definite article - the fool",
"*wə-gam*": "conjunction + particle - and also",
"*hāḇel*": "noun, masculine singular - vapor/vanity"
},
"variants": {
"*sîrîm*": "thorns/thorn bushes",
"*sîr*": "pot/cooking vessel",
"*śəḥōq*": "laughter/mirth",
"*kəsîl*": "fool/one lacking wisdom",
"*hāḇel*": "vapor/breath/vanity/meaninglessness"
}
}
7{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.7.7",
"source": "כִּי הָעֹשֶׁק יְהוֹלֵל חָכָם וִיאַבֵּד אֶת־לֵב מַתָּנָה",
"text": "*Kî* the-*ʿōšeq* *yəhôlēl* *ḥāḵām* *wîʾabbēd* *ʾeṯ*-*lēḇ* *mattānāh*",
"grammar": {
"*Kî*": "conjunction - for/because/surely",
"*ʿōšeq*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the oppression",
"*yəhôlēl*": "Poel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - makes mad/drives insane",
"*ḥāḵām*": "adjective, masculine singular - wise person",
"*wîʾabbēd*": "Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and destroys",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*lēḇ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - heart of",
"*mattānāh*": "noun, feminine singular - gift"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿōšeq*": "oppression/extortion/fraud",
"*yəhôlēl*": "makes mad/drives insane/makes foolish",
"*ḥāḵām*": "wise person/sage",
"*wîʾabbēd*": "destroys/ruins/corrupts",
"*lēḇ* *mattānāh*": "heart of gift/generous heart/discernment regarding gifts"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.7.8",
"source": "טוֹב אַחֲרִית דָּבָר מֵרֵאשִׁיתוֹ טוֹב אֶרֶךְ־רוּחַ מִגְּבַהּ־רוּחַ",
"text": "*Ṭôḇ* *ʾaḥărîṯ* *dāḇār* from-*rēʾšîṯô* *ṭôḇ* *ʾereḵ*-*rûaḥ* from-*gəḇahh*-*rûaḥ*",
"grammar": {
"*Ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - good/better",
"*ʾaḥărîṯ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - end of",
"*dāḇār*": "noun, masculine singular - matter/thing",
"*rēʾšîṯô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its beginning",
"*ʾereḵ*": "adjective, masculine singular construct - long/patient",
"*rûaḥ*": "noun, feminine singular - spirit",
"*gəḇahh*": "adjective, masculine singular construct - high/proud",
"*rûaḥ*": "noun, feminine singular - spirit"
},
"variants": {
"*Ṭôḇ*": "better/more valuable",
"*ʾaḥărîṯ* *dāḇār*": "end of a matter/conclusion of something",
"*rēʾšîṯô*": "its beginning/its commencement",
"*ʾereḵ*-*rûaḥ*": "patience of spirit/long-suffering temperament",
"*gəḇahh*-*rûaḥ*": "proud of spirit/haughty mindset"
}
}