Ecclesiastes 4:11
"Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?"

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

Again, if two lie together, then they have heat,.... The Targum adds, in the winter; when it is a cold season, they warm one another by lying together. The Targum interprets it of a man and

his wife; it is true of others; see Kg1 1:1 ; but how can one be warm alone? not soon, nor easily, in time of cold weather. This is true in a spiritual sense of persons in a Christian communion and religious society; when they are grown cold in their love, lukewarm in their affections, and backward and indifferent to spiritual exercises, yet by Christian conversation may be stirred up to love and good works: so two cold flints struck against each other, fire comes out of them; and even two cold Christians, when they come to talk with each other about spiritual things, and feel one another's spirits, they presently glow in their affections to each other, and to divine things; and especially if Christ joins them with his presence, as he did the two disciples going to Emmaus, then their hearts burn within them.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (8 words)

H1571 גַּם
Definition:

6וַתִּתֵּן גַּם לְאִישָׁהּand gavealsoto her husband,Genesis 3:27and takealsoof the tree of life,Genesis 7:3;Genesis 19:21;Genesis 24:19;Genesis 26:21;Genesis 29:27;Genesis 30:15;Genesis 32:21(גַּם הִ 6וַתִּתֵּן גַּם לְאִישָׁהּand gavealsoto her husband,Genesis 3:27and takealsoof the tree of life,Genesis 7:3;Genesis 19:21;Genesis 24:19;Genesis 26:21;Genesis 29:27;Genesis 30:15;Genesis 32:21(גַּם הִ

Possible Meanings:
  • moreover (semantic_range)
  • yea (semantic_range)
H0518 אִם
Definition:

see NöM p. 208, ZMG 1886, p. 739; WAG i. § 367 e)**ᵑ7Onk Jonאִם,ᵑ7Hagאין.1. hypothetical particleif.a.construction(see more fully Dr§ 136-138, 143FriedrichDie Hebr. Condit. sätze 1884): (1) withimperf see NöM p. 208, ZMG 1886, p. 739; WAG i. § 367 e)**ᵑ7Onk Jonאִם,ᵑ7Hagאין.1. hypothetical particleif.a.construction(see more fully Dr§ 136-138, 143FriedrichDie Hebr. Condit. sätze 1884): (1) withimperf

Possible Meanings:
  • mother (semantic_range)
  • mother (semantic_range)
  • dam (semantic_range)
  • point of departure (semantic_range)
  • division (semantic_range)
H7901 שָׁכַב
Definition:

23 (in death),משכבbedEcclesiasticus 40:5; Ecclesiasticus 47:20d, =death bedEcclesiasticus 46:19; Phoenicianשכב,משכב(see׳מ1below), Lzb375; Ethiopiclie, Aramaicשְׁכַב,; Nabataeanמשכבאcouch; Arabiconlypo 23 (in death),משכבbedEcclesiasticus 40:5; Ecclesiasticus 47:20d, =death bedEcclesiasticus 46:19; Phoenicianשכב,משכב(see׳מ1below), Lzb375; Ethiopiclie, Aramaicשְׁכַב,; Nabataeanמשכבאcouch; Arabiconlypo

Possible Meanings:
  • lie down (semantic_range)
  • lie down (semantic_range)
  • lodge (semantic_range)
  • lie down (semantic_range)
H8147 שְׁנַיִם
Definition:

768noun masculine and feminine dualtwo(Late Hebrewid.; Phoenicianאשנם(and׳שנsecond), PunicשנםLzb380; Arabic; SabeanתֿניHomChr 47, Aramaicתְּרֵין,(תִּנְיָנָא,second); Nabataeanתרין, Palmyrene feminineת 768noun masculine and feminine dualtwo(Late Hebrewid.; Phoenicianאשנם(and׳שנsecond), PunicשנםLzb380; Arabic; SabeanתֿניHomChr 47, Aramaicתְּרֵין,(תִּנְיָנָא,second); Nabataeanתרין, Palmyrene feminineת

H2552 חָמַם
Definition:

4;Exodus 16:21;וְחַםconsecutive1 Kings 1:2;Ecclesiastes 4:11;חַמּוֺתִ֫יIsaiah 44:16;ImperfectיָחֹםIsaiah 44:16;וַיָּ֫חָם2 Kings 4:34;Isaiah 44:15; alsoיִחַם1 Kings 1:1;יֵחַםDeuteronomy 19:6;יֵחָ֑םEccl 4;Exodus 16:21;וְחַםconsecutive1 Kings 1:2;Ecclesiastes 4:11;חַמּוֺתִ֫יIsaiah 44:16;ImperfectיָחֹםIsaiah 44:16;וַיָּ֫חָם2 Kings 4:34;Isaiah 44:15; alsoיִחַם1 Kings 1:1;יֵחַםDeuteronomy 19:6;יֵחָ֑םEccl

Possible Meanings:
  • be (semantic_range)
  • become warm (semantic_range)
  • be (semantic_range)
  • grow warm (semantic_range)
  • inflame oneself with (semantic_range)
H0259 אֶחָד
Definition:

5#NAME?אַחַ֫דGenesis 21:15+; so even before preposition1 Samuel 9:3and elsewhere see Dr; feminine absoluteאַחַ֫תGenesis 2:21+;אֶחָ֑תGenesis 11:1+; constructאַחַ֫תDeuteronomy 13:13+; plural masculineאֲ 5#NAME?אַחַ֫דGenesis 21:15+; so even before preposition1 Samuel 9:3and elsewhere see Dr; feminine absoluteאַחַ֫תGenesis 2:21+;אֶחָ֑תGenesis 11:1+; constructאַחַ֫תDeuteronomy 13:13+; plural masculineאֲ

Possible Meanings:
  • one (semantic_range)
  • one (semantic_range)
  • each (semantic_range)
  • every (semantic_range)
  • a certain (semantic_range)
H0349 אֵיךְ
Definition:

9;2 Samuel 1:5,14;1 Kings 12:6;Isaiah 20:6and elsewhere; often with imperfect (especially in 1 person) in an expostulationGenesis 39:9;Genesis 44:8,34;Joshua 9:7;2 Samuel 2:22;2 Samuel 12:18;Psalm 137 9;2 Samuel 1:5,14;1 Kings 12:6;Isaiah 20:6and elsewhere; often with imperfect (especially in 1 person) in an expostulationGenesis 39:9;Genesis 44:8,34;Joshua 9:7;2 Samuel 2:22;2 Samuel 12:18;Psalm 137

Possible Meanings:
  • How? (semantic_range)
  • How! (semantic_range)
H3179 יָחַם
Definition:

7in sin my motherconceived me(""חוֺלָ֑לְתִּי);Infinitive constructofheatof cattle in breeding, conception;בְּכָליַֿחֵםGenesis 30:41at every breeding-heatof the flock (J);בְּעֵתיַחֵםGenesis 31:10at the 7in sin my motherconceived me(""חוֺלָ֑לְתִּי);Infinitive constructofheatof cattle in breeding, conception;בְּכָליַֿחֵםGenesis 30:41at every breeding-heatof the flock (J);בְּעֵתיַחֵםGenesis 31:10at the

Possible Meanings:
  • be hot (semantic_range)

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