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There isיֵשׁa thingדָּבָרof whichשֶׁone says,יֹּאמַר“Seeרְאֵהthis:זֶהitהוּאis new”;חָדָשׁalreadyכְּבָרit has beenהָיָהin the agesלְעֹלָמִיםthatאֲשֶׁרwereהָיָהbefore us.מִלְּפָנֵנוּ
Ecclesiastes 1:10
Study it in the app“There is a thing of which one says, “See this: it is new”; already it has been in the ages that were before us.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 1:10, word by word
- a thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- one saysיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- “Seeרְאֵהree
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ree” appears- is newחָדָשׁchadash
new
New.
Where else “chadash” appears- alreadyכְּבָרkevar
already, long ago
Already; long ago, formerly.
Where else “kevar” appears- it has beenהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- in the agesעֹלָמִיםolamim
of old
The times of the forefathers, far back in the past.
Where else “olamim” appears- before usפָנֵfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears
The context
9What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.
10 · This verse (above)
11There is no remembrance of the former ones, and also of the later ones who will be there will be no remembrance of them among those who will be afterward.