Ecclesiastes 10:1

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

זבובי זְבוּבֵי

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

זבוב

zᵉbûwb

Definition

a fly (especially one of a stinging nature)

Root

from an unused root (meaning to flit);

Exhaustive

from an unused root (meaning to flit); a fly (especially one of a stinging nature); fly.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2070

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

זְבוּב

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 423

1. a little animal that roams or flies, specifically a fly or gadfly. 2. a flying, buzzing insect, used in the name Ba'al at Ekron.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

זְבוּב

m. prim. • Page 196

fly, gadfly. Is. 7:18. Ecc. 10:1. זְבוּבֵי מָוֶת poisonous flies. — בַּעַל זְבוּב Fly-Baal, i.e. the god Baal, as deus averruncus muscarum, 2 K. 1:2, 3, 16. an oracular deity of the Ekronites.

Noun common masculine plural construct

LXX:

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H2070:

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מות מָוֶת

he has died/death

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מות

mâveth

Definition

death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

Root

from H4191 (מות);

Exhaustive

from מות; death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin; (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4194

Fürst

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מָוֶת

noun masculine • Root מות • Strongs / High • Page 830

1. death, the state of being dead, dying; punishment of death, a capital crime; something deadly like poison or pestilence. 2. the place of the dead, hades, the underworld. 3. a designation for the highest degree of fearfulness, sorrow, or vehemence.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מָוֶת

m. verbal • Root מות • Page 365

1. death (Ps. 7: 14; 13: 4). 2. the region of the dead, the subterranean world, hades (Job 28: 22; Ps. 9: 14). 3. adversity, ruin, destruction (Prov. 11: 19; 12: 28). 4. pestilence (Jer. 15: 2; 18: 21).

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: θανάτου θάνατον ἀποθανεῖν θάνατοσ θανάτῳ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4194:

θανάτου 47× (30.8%)

θάνατον 24× (14.3%)

ἀποθανεῖν 16× (9.7%)

θάνατοσ 14× (9.0%)

θανάτῳ 9× (4.9%)

ἀπέθανεν 5× (3.1%)

τελευτῆσ 5× (3.0%)

ὡσ 3× (2.1%)

τελευτὴν 3× (1.8%)

ἧσ 2× (1.4%)

יבאיש יַבְאִישׁ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

באש

bâʼash

Definition

to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H887

Fürst

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בָּא בָאֵשׁ

phrase • Root בוא • Lemma_Lookup • Page 225

To stand the fire.

בְּאֵשׁ

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 217

Aram. the same, impersonal (like Heb. יֵרַע) to be sorry, to be displeased.

בָּאַשׁ

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 216

To stink, to be loathsome.

בְּאֹשׁ

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 217

1. stink, with the verb עָלָה; 2. the ground-form of בָּאְשָׁה, בְּאֻשִׁים.

בָּאְשָׁה

noun feminine • Root באש • Lemma_Lookup • Page 217

a stink-weed, bad or poisonous weed.

בְּאֻשִׁים

m. pl. • Root באש • Lemma_Lookup • Page 217

bad or uneatable grapes, late grapes.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בָּאַשׁ

verb • Page 85

I. To have an offensive smell, to stink (Ex. 7:18, 21; 16:20). Includes Niph. (to make one's self loathsome, 1 Sam. 13:4) and Hiph. (to cause to stink, Ecc. 10:1).

בָּאַשׁ

verb • Root בוש • Page 85

II. Equivalent to בּוֹשׁ, to be ashamed. Hiphil: to act shamefully or basely (Prov. 13:5).

Verb Hiphil imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX:

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H0887:

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יביע יַבּיעַ

bubbling forth

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נבע

nâbaʻ

Definition

to gush forth; figuratively, to utter (good or bad words); specifically, to emit (a foul odor)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to gush forth; figuratively, to utter (good or bad words); specifically, to emit (a foul odor); belch out, flowing, pour out, send forth, utter (abundantly).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5042

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נָבַע

verb • Root נבע • Strongs / High • Page 939

To pour out, to bubble forth, to spring up.

נָבַע

verb intransitive • Root נבע • Strongs / High • Page 938

(not used) intr. to pour out, to spring, to gush forth.

Gesenius

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נָבַע

verb • Root נבע • Page 424

to spring, to flow (Prov. 18:4). Hiph. הִבִּיעַ: 1. liter. to let flow out (Prov. 1:23; 15:2, 28; Ps. 59:8; 94:4). 2. to announce (Ps. 19:3; 78:2; 145:7).

Verb Hiphil imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX:

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H5042:

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שמן שֶׁמֶן

oil

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שמן

shemen

Definition

grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness

Root

from H8080 (שמן);

Exhaustive

from שמן; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness; anointing, [idiom] fat (things), [idiom] fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, [phrase] pine.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8081

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שָׁמֵן

verb • Root שמנ • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1449

intransitive: to be thick, fat, corpulent; figuratively: to be rich, to shine with fatness, to pamper themselves.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁמֵן

adjective • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1449

juicy, nourishing, luxurious, excellent; fruitful, fat, well-fed; rich in spoil; powerful (of persons/warriors).

Matched via consonantal key only

שֶׁמֶן

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1450

1. Fatness, concr. fat meat, sumptuoust food, fruitfulness, strength. 2. Oil, juice, fat of pressed fruit (olive-oil), oil of anointing, ointment. 3. Wood of the wild olive-tree. 4. A medicinal thing.

Matched via consonantal key only

שׁמַן

noun • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1450

A ground-form base for derived numeral forms (eight, eighty, eighteen).

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

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שֶׁמֶן

m. noun • Root שמן • Page 686

Oil, ointment (Cant. 1:3). Found with suffixes.

שֶׁמֶן

verb / dec. vi. a. • Root שמן • Page 687

1. fat, fatness (Ps. 109:24, Is. 25:6). 2. oil (Gen. 28:18, Neh. 8:15). 3. spiced oil, ointment (Ps. 133:2, Prov. 21:17).

שָׁמַן or שָׁמֵן

verb • Root שמן • Page 686

To be or become fat (Deut. 32:15; Jer. 5:28). Hiph: to make fat; e.g. the heart, i.e. to render it obdurate or insensible (Is. 6:10). Hithp: to become fat (Neh. 9:25).

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ἔλαιον ἐλαίῳ ἐλαίου '' pἐξ

LXX Usage Statistics

H8081:

ἔλαιον 58× (29.3%)

ἐλαίῳ 54× (26.0%)

ἐλαίου 42× (20.5%)

'' 5× (2.4%)

pἐξ 3× (1.7%)

--- 3× (1.7%)

ἔλαιόν 3× (1.2%)

ἀρκευθίνων 2× (1.1%)

ὡσ 2× (1.1%)

μύρον 2× (1.1%)

רוקח רוֹקֵחַ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

רקח

râqach

Definition

to perfume

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to perfume; apothecary, compound, make (ointment), prepare, spice.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7543

Fürst

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רָקַח

verb • Root רקח • Strongs / High • Page 1357

tr. prop. to beat or pound together, to mix, to prepare by mixing, to spice, to make unguents, essences being extracted from spices and mixed with oil.

רָקַח

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1358

To mix aromatic essences, to brew the spiced mixture.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רָקַח

verb • Page 630

To spice, season; particularly oil in preparing ointments (Ex. 30: 33). Part. רֹקֵחַ, a maker of ointments, an apothecary (30: 35; Ecc. 10: 1). Pu. pass. (2 Chr. 16: 14). Hiph. to spice or season flesh (Ezek. 24: 10).

Verb Qal participle active masculine singular absolute

LXX: μυρεψοῦ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7543:

μυρεψοῦ 2× (29.2%)

יקר יָקָר

precious/costly

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

יקר

yâqâr

Definition

valuable (objectively or subjectively)

Root

from H3365 (יקר);

Exhaustive

from יקר; valuable (objectively or subjectively); brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3368

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יָקָר

adjective • Root יקר • Strongs / High • Page 640

A derivative of יָקַר. dear, splendid, shining, distinguished, honourable, composed, meek, mild.

יָקָר

adjective • Root יקר • Strongs / High • Page 641

1. Contracting, hence figuratively reserved, thoughtful. 2. Weighty, heavy, large (e.g., of building stones). 3. Great, powerful, considerable (in number). 4. Dear, costly, precious; also splendid, majestic.

Gesenius

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יָקָר

verb • Root יקר • Page 295

1. heavy. 2. dear, costly, precious; used collectively for costly stones (1 K. 10:2, 10, 11; 2 Chr. 3:7). 3. magnificent, majestic (Job 31:26). 4. rare (1 Sam. 3:1). 5. Prov. 17:27 Keri perhaps quiet of spirit.

יָקָר

noun masculine • Root יקר • Page 295

1. worth, costliness (Prov. 20:15; Job 28:10; Jer. 20:5). 2. honour, respect (Ps. 49:13, 21; Est. 1:20). 3. magnificence, splendour (Est. 1:4; Ps. 37:20).

Adjective adjective both singular absolute

LXX: τίμιον τιμίοισ τιμίου τίμιοσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3368:

τίμιον 11× (30.1%)

τιμίοισ 3× (8.2%)

τιμίου 3× (7.8%)

τίμιοσ 2× (5.5%)

מחכמה מֵחָכְמָה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מ

mi / min

Definition

from

Root

Abbreviated from H4480

Exhaustive

(mem) — from / out of

Core value: emergence, separation, derivation
מ does not merely indicate origin in time (“after”). It marks boundary-crossing:
- source,
- differentiation,
- contrast,
- extraction.
Aonically, מ indicates transition between states.
not “after X” but “out from within X.”
This is why מ can signal both cause and contrast: both involve standing on the far side of a boundary.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

חכמה

chokmâh

Definition

wisdom (in a good sense)

Root

from H2449 (חכם);

Exhaustive

from חכם; wisdom (in a good sense); skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2451

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חָכְמָה

noun feminine • Root חכם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 484

Knowledge, experience, wisdom (sophia), skill, science, resignation to the will of God; capacity of judging, knowledge of nature, gift of proverbs and poetry, the art of prophesying, interpreting dreams, practicing enchantments; divine wisdom denoting the highest disposing intelligence.

Matched via consonantal key only

חָכְמָה

noun feminine • Root חכם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 484

(Aramaic) Feminine, the same as Hebrew, used of divine wisdom and human wisdom.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָכְמָה

noun feminine • Root חכם • Page 227

1. Skill, dexterity (Ex. 28: 3; 31: 6). 2. Wisdom, intelligence (Prov. 1: 2; 7: 4).

חָכְמָה

chald. wisdom • Page 227

Wisdom. Dan. 2: 30.

Prep-M, Noun common feminine singular absolute

LXX: σοφία σοφίαν σοφίασ σοφίᾳ ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H2451:

σοφία 45× (25.8%)

σοφίαν 40× (24.8%)

σοφίασ 18× (10.8%)

σοφίᾳ 15× (7.9%)

'' 4× (2.2%)

φρόνησιν 4× (2.2%)

σοφίαν 3× (1.7%)

'' 3× (1.6%)

--- 2× (1.3%)

φρονίμουσ 2× (1.3%)

מכבוד מִכָּבוֹד

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מ

mi / min

Definition

from

Root

Abbreviated from H4480

Exhaustive

(mem) — from / out of

Core value: emergence, separation, derivation
מ does not merely indicate origin in time (“after”). It marks boundary-crossing:
- source,
- differentiation,
- contrast,
- extraction.
Aonically, מ indicates transition between states.
not “after X” but “out from within X.”
This is why מ can signal both cause and contrast: both involve standing on the far side of a boundary.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

כבוד

kâbôwd

Definition

properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness

Root

rarely כבד; from H3513 (כבד);

Exhaustive

rarely כבד; from כבד; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness; glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3519

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כָּבוֹד

noun • Root כבד • Strongs / High • Page 673

honour, fame, renown, dignity, glory, majesty (especially of God); splendour, excellency; concretely, the noble or best part of something; adverbially, gloriously.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כָּבוֹד

noun masculine • Root כבד • Page 307

1. honour, praise (Ps. 19:2, 79:9). 2. majesty, glory (Ps. 24:7, 8, 9). Specifically 'כְּבוֹד יְהוָה' the glory of Jehovah, the shining splendour which surrounds the deity (Ex. 24:16, 40:34, 1 K. 8:10).

Prep-M, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: δόξαν δόξα δόξησ δόξῃ d?δόξαν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3519:

δόξαν 63× (30.8%)

δόξα 62× (29.4%)

δόξησ 35× (17.7%)

δόξῃ 11× (4.9%)

d?δόξαν 2× (1.1%)

'' 2× (0.9%)

τιμὴν 2× (0.9%)

סכלות סִכְלוּת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

סכלות

çiklûwth

Definition

silliness

Root

or שכלות; (Ecclesiastes 1:17), from H5528 (סכל);

Exhaustive

or שכלות; (Ecclesiastes 1:17), from סכל; silliness; folly, foolishness.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5531

Fürst

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סִכְלוּת

noun feminine • Root סכל • Strongs / High • Page 1021

folly.

Gesenius

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סִכְלוּת

f. verbal • Root סכל • Page 475

Folly, an Aramean word (Ecc. 2: 3, 12, 13; 7: 25; 10: 1, 13).

Noun common feminine singular construct

LXX: ἀφροσύνη ἀφροσύνην

LXX Usage Statistics

H5531b:

ἀφροσύνη 2× (25.5%)

ἀφροσύνην 2× (23.4%)

מעט מְעָט׃

a little one

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מעט

mᵉʻaṭ

Definition

a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)

Root

or מעט; from H4591 (מעט);

Exhaustive

or מעט; from מעט; a little or few (often adverbial or compar.); almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4592

Fürst

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מְעַט

noun masculine • Root מעט • Strongs / High • Page 883

1. (as a noun) something split off, a little chip; metaphorically, a little, smallness, fewness. 2. (as an adverb) a little, not much, in extent, space, and time. United with prepositions it can mean almost, soon, shortly, or quickly.

מְעַט

noun masculine • Root מעט • Strongs / High • Page 832

Littleness, smallness, fewness; often used as a superlative meaning a very little, or a very short time.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מְעַט

adjective / adv. • Page 392

A little, a few, paucity. Used as an adjective (Num. 26:54; Ps. 109:8) and more frequently as an adverb meaning 'a little' (Gen. 18:4; 24:17). Also refers to a short time (Ruth 2:7; Ps. 37:10) or space (2 Sam. 16:1). Includes phrases like 'little by little' (Ex. 23:30).

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: μικρὸν ὀλίγον ὀλίγα ὀλίγοι ὡσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4592:

μικρὸν 23× (20.8%)

ὀλίγον 14× (13.2%)

ὀλίγα 7× (6.6%)

ὀλίγοι 7× (6.6%)

ὡσ 5× (4.8%)

μικρὰ 5× (4.7%)

βραχὺ 5× (4.4%)

--- 4× (3.8%)

μικρόν 3× (2.7%)

βραχύ 2× (1.9%)

RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Flies of death will cause the oil of the perfume to stink, it will ferment: the preciousness of wisdom above the honor of the least folly.

LITV Translation:
As dead flies cause the perfumer's ointment to stink and ferment; so a little foolishness is heavier than wisdom and than honor.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: And a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly.