Ecclesiastes 7:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

טוֹב לִשְׁמֹעַ גַּעֲרַת חָכָם מֵאִישׁ שֹׁמֵעַ שִׁיר כְּסִילִים

Transliteration

Ṭôḇ lišmōaʿ gaʿăraṯ ḥāḵām from-ʾîš šōmēaʿ šîr kəsîlîm

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*Ṭôḇ*: better/more beneficial
*gaʿăraṯ*: rebuke/reproof/correction
*ḥāḵām*: wise person/sage
*šîr* *kəsîlîm*: song of fools/frivolous singing

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Prov 15:31-32 : 31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. 32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Prov 13:18 : 18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Ps 69:12 : 12 They that sit in{H8802)} the gate speak{H8799)} against me; and I was the song of the drunkards {H8802)}.
Prov 9:8 : 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Prov 13:13 : 13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
Prov 17:10 : 10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Prov 27:6 : 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

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