Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #279546

OSHB Ecc 4:6 חָפְנַיִם (ḩāfənayim) Strongs=2651 Lemma=‘חֹפֶן’
contextual word gloss=‘[the]_hollow_of_hands’ word gloss=‘fists’
Morphology=Ncmda PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=dual State=absolute
Year=-977

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Only use of identical word form ‘חָפְנַיִם’ (Morphology=Ncmda PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=dual State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חָפְנַיִם’ (Morphology=Ncmda PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=dual State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘[the]_hollow_of_hands’.

ECC 4:6 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_hollow_of_hands’ word gloss=‘fists’ OSHB ECC 4:6 word 6

OET-LV: 6 is_good the_fullness _of a _palm _of quietness more_than_the_fullness _of the_hollow _of _hands toil and_striving _of wind. (ECC_4:6)

OET-RV: 6 A small handful of quietness is better
⇔ than two very full handfuls of work and chasing after the wind. (ECC 4:6)