Ecclesiastes 1:11

“There 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.”

Ecclesiastes 1:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ecclesiastes 1:11, word by word

remembranceזִכְרוֹןzichron

memorial

Memorial: something done or kept in order to remember.

Where else “zichron” appears
of the former onesרִאשֹׁנִיםrishonim

former

What already happened or existed before, in past times.

Where else “rishonim” appears
of the later onesאַחֲרֹנִיםacharonim

last

What comes at the end or goes behind something else.

Where else “acharonim” appears
who will beיִּהְיוּyihyu

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

Where else “yihyu” appears

The context

10There is a thing of which one says, “See this: it is new”; already it has been in the ages that were before us.

11 · This verse (above)

12I, Qohelet, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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