H5652 H5652
works, deeds (Aramaic plural form)
An Aramaic loanword for 'works' or 'deeds,' used in Ecclesiastes' philosophical reflection on divine sovereignty and human ignorance. The plural form with Aramaic morphology appears in the context of uncertainty: 'the righteous and the wise and their works are in God's hand,' yet humans cannot know what lies ahead. This late linguistic feature marks Ecclesiastes as post-exilic.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The deeds or works of the righteous and wise in Ecclesiastes 9:1, where the Teacher observes that despite human effort and wisdom, ultimate outcomes remain in God's hand. 'All this I laid to heart, examining it all: the righteous and the wise and their works are in God's hand'—yet whether love or hate awaits them, no one knows. The Aramaic form reflects the book's late linguistic character. 1×
AR["وَ-عَبَدَيهِمْ"]·ben["এবং-কাজসমূহ-তাদের"]·DE["[ועבדיהם]"]·EN["and-their-works"]·FR["et-leur-ועבדיהם-eux"]·heb["ו-עבדיהם"]·HI["और-उनके-कार्य"]·ID["dan-perbuatan-perbuatan-mereka"]·IT["e-e-loro-works-loro"]·jav["lan-pakaryanipun"]·KO["그리고-행위들-그들의"]·PT["e-obras-deles"]·RU["и-дела-их"]·ES["y-sus-obras"]·SW["na-kazi-zao"]·TR["ve-hizmetleri"]·urd["اور-اُن-کے-کام"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [עֲבָד] n.m. work (late; Aramaic form); pl. sf. עֲבָדֵיהֶם Ec 9:1 (cf. Syriac ܥܒܳܕ ).