- 1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:יֵ֣שׁ רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר רָאִ֖יתִי תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ וְרַבָּ֥ה הִ֖יא עַל הָאָדָֽם
- 2A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.אִ֣ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתֶּן הָאֱלֹהִ֡ים עֹשֶׁר֩ וּנְכָסִ֨ים וְכָב֜וֹד וְֽאֵינֶ֨נּוּ חָסֵ֥ר לְנַפְשׁ֣וֹ מִכֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר יִתְאַוֶּ֗ה וְלֹֽא יַשְׁלִיטֶ֤נּוּ הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ לֶאֱכֹ֣ל מִמֶּ֔נּוּ כִּ֛י אִ֥ישׁ נָכְרִ֖י יֹֽאכֲלֶ֑נּוּ זֶ֥ה הֶ֛בֶל וָחֳלִ֥י רָ֖ע הֽוּא
- 3If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.אִם יוֹלִ֣יד אִ֣ישׁ מֵאָ֡ה וְשָׁנִים֩ רַבּ֨וֹת יִֽחְיֶ֜ה וְרַ֣ב שֶׁיִּהְי֣וּ יְמֵֽי שָׁנָ֗יו וְנַפְשׁוֹ֙ לֹא תִשְׂבַּ֣ע מִן הַטּוֹבָ֔ה וְגַם קְבוּרָ֖ה לֹא הָ֣יְתָה אָמַ֕רְתִּי ט֥וֹב מִמֶּ֖נּוּ הַנָּֽפֶל
- 4For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.כִּֽי בַהֶ֥בֶל בָּ֖א וּבַחֹ֣שֶׁךְ יֵלֵ֑ךְ וּבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ שְׁמ֥וֹ יְכֻסֶּֽה
- 5Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.גַּם שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ לֹא רָאָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א יָדָ֑ע נַ֥חַת לָזֶ֖ה מִזֶּֽה
- 6Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?וְאִלּ֣וּ חָיָ֗ה אֶ֤לֶף שָׁנִים֙ פַּעֲמַ֔יִם וְטוֹבָ֖ה לֹ֣א רָאָ֑ה הֲלֹ֛א אֶל מָק֥וֹם אֶחָ֖ד הַכֹּ֥ל הוֹלֵֽךְ
- 7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.כָּל עֲמַ֥ל הָאָדָ֖ם לְפִ֑יהוּ וְגַם הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ לֹ֥א תִמָּלֵֽא
- 8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?כִּ֛י מַה יּוֹתֵ֥ר לֶחָכָ֖ם מִֽן הַכְּסִ֑יל מַה לֶּעָנִ֣י יוֹדֵ֔עַ לַהֲלֹ֖ךְ נֶ֥גֶד הַחַיִּֽים
- 9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.ט֛וֹב מַרְאֵ֥ה עֵינַ֖יִם מֵֽהֲלָךְ נָ֑פֶשׁ גַּם זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וּרְע֥וּת רֽוּחַ
- 10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.מַה שֶּֽׁהָיָ֗ה כְּבָר֙ נִקְרָ֣א שְׁמ֔וֹ וְנוֹדָ֖ע אֲשֶׁר ה֣וּא אָדָ֑ם וְלֹא יוּכַ֣ל לָדִ֔ין עִ֥ם שהתקיף שֶׁתַּקִּ֖יף מִמֶּֽנּוּ
- 11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?כִּ֛י יֵשׁ דְּבָרִ֥ים הַרְבֵּ֖ה מַרְבִּ֣ים הָ֑בֶל מַה יֹּתֵ֖ר לָאָדָֽם
- 12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?כִּ֣י מִֽי יוֹדֵעַ֩ מַה טּ֨וֹב לָֽאָדָ֜ם בַּֽחַיִּ֗ים מִסְפַּ֛ר יְמֵי חַיֵּ֥י הֶבְל֖וֹ וְיַעֲשֵׂ֣ם כַּצֵּ֑ל אֲשֶׁר֙ מִֽי יַגִּ֣יד לָֽאָדָ֔ם מַה יִּהְיֶ֥ה אַחֲרָ֖יו תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
Ecclesiastes 6 KJV
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169 tagged Hebrew tokens78 distinct lexical entries12 of 12 verses source-tagged
אָדָםH120
ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
מָהH4100
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
הֶבֶלH1892
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
טוֹבH2896
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
כִּיH3588
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
גַּםH1571
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
זֶהH2088
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
יָדַעH3045
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
נֶפֶשׁH5315
properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
הוּאH1931
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
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