Ecclesiastes 7:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַחָכְמָה תָּעֹז לֶחָכָם מֵעֲשָׂרָה שַׁלִּיטִים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ בָּעִיר

Transliteration

The-ḥoḵmāh tāʿōz to-ḥāḵām from-ten šallîṭîm that hāyû in-the-ʿîr

Grammar Details

• *ḥoḵmāh*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the wisdom
• *tāʿōz*: Qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - strengthens
• *ḥāḵām*: adjective, masculine singular - wise person
• *šallîṭîm*: adjective, masculine plural - rulers
• *hāyû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - were
• *ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the city

Word Meanings

• *tāʿōz*: strengthens/empowers/gives strength
• *ḥāḵām*: wise person/sage
• *šallîṭîm*: rulers/powerful men/persons in authority
• *ʿîr*: city/town

Referenced Verses

• Prov 21:22 : 22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
• Prov 24:5 : 5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
• Eccl 9:13-18 : 13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: 14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
• Col 1:9-9 : 9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
• 2 Sam 20:16-22 : 16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. 17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. 18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. 19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? 20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. 21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. 22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.