Ecclesiastes 7:26
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.”
טוֹב
Taste and see. David does not say understand or agree — he says taste. Towb is goodness you experience, not just believe in. God's goodness is not a theological position. It is something you encounter when you draw near to Him.
מָלַט
he escapes
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מָלַט
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
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לֵב
heart/ her
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לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
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לָכַד
he is captured
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לָכַד
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
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יָד
hands/ her
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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מַר
bitter
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מַר
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
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מִן
from/ her
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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מָצוֹד
is snares
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מָצוֹד
a net (for capturing animals or fishes); afastness or (beseiging) tower
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