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I,אֲנִיQohelet,קֹהֶלֶתwasהָיִיתִיkingמֶלֶךְover Israelעַל יִשְׂרָאֵלin Jerusalem.בִּירוּשָׁלִָם
Ecclesiastes 1:12
Study it in the app“I, Qohelet, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 1:12, word by word
- Qoheletקֹהֶלֶתkohelet
Qoheleth
Qoheleth: the name or title of the author of Ecclesiastes; one who gathers the assembly or speaks to it.
Where else “kohelet” appears- wasהָיִיתִיhayiti
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayiti” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- over Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
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.
12 · This verse (above)
13And I gave my heart to seek and to explore by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens; it is a bad occupation that Elohim has given to human beings to be occupied with it.