Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 12:10

10The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.a

Footnotes

  • a 12:10 Or and sought to write what was upright and true

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
The Teacherקֹהֶ֔לֶתqō·he·leṯNoun - masculine singularH6953 collector
searchedבִּקֵּ֣שׁbiq·qêšVerb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singularH1245 seek
to findלִמְצֹ֖אlim·ṣōPreposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructH4672 attain to, find
delightfulחֵ֑פֶץḥê·p̄eṣNoun - masculine singularH2656 delight, pleasure
sayingsדִּבְרֵי־diḇ·rê-Noun - masculine plural constructH1697 speech, word
and to recordוְכָת֥וּבwə·ḵā·ṯūḇConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singularH3789 write
accurateיֹ֖שֶׁרyō·šerNoun - masculine singularH3476 straightness, uprightness
wordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiḇ·rêNoun - masculine plural constructH1697 speech, word
of truthאֱמֶֽת׃’ĕ·meṯNoun - feminine singularH571 firmness, faithfulness, truth

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Colossians 1:5 · 1 Timothy 1:15 · Proverbs 16:21–24

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.