15. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ecclesiastes 9:15:1 ⧉וּמָ֣צָאumatsaand found Ecclesiastes 9:15:2 ⧉בָ֗הּvahin it Ecclesiastes 9:15:3 ⧉אִ֤ישׁisha man Ecclesiastes 9:15:4 ⧉מִסְכֵּן֙miskenpoor Ecclesiastes 9:15:5 ⧉חָכָ֔םkhakhamwise Ecclesiastes 9:15:6 ⧉וּמִלַּט־ה֥וּאumillathuand he delivered Ecclesiastes 9:15:7 ⧉אֶת־הָעִ֖ירethairthe city Ecclesiastes 9:15:8 ⧉בְּחָכְמָת֑וֹbekhokhmatoby his wisdom Ecclesiastes 9:15:9 ⧉וְאָדָם֙veadambut a person Ecclesiastes 9:15:10 ⧉לֹ֣אlonot Ecclesiastes 9:15:11 ⧉זָכַ֔רzakharremembered Ecclesiastes 9:15:12 ⧉אֶת־הָאִ֥ישׁethaishthe man Ecclesiastes 9:15:13 ⧉הַמִּסְכֵּ֖ןhamiskenthe poor Ecclesiastes 9:15:14 ⧉הַהּֽוּא׃hahuthat |
15. Formal Translation Someone discovered a poor yet wise man in the city, and he rescued the city by his wisdom; nevertheless, no one remembered that poor man. |
15. Dynamic Translation In that city they came upon a man who was poor but wise; by his wisdom he saved the city, but afterward nobody remembered that man. |