name... ointment. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6), " shem mishshemen".
better. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:24.
precious. good. Same word as "good" at the beginning of the sentence.
Related Commentaries of Ecclesiastes 7:1
Ecclesiastes 7:1
1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.