Study it in the app“And 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.”
And I gaveוְנָתַתִּיmy heartאֶת לִבִּיto seekלִדְרוֹשׁand to exploreוְלָתוּרby wisdomבַּחָכְמָהconcerningעַלallכָּלthatאֲשֶׁרis doneנַעֲשָׂהunderתַּחַתthe heavens;הַשָּׁמָיִםit isהוּאa badרָעoccupationעִנְיַןthat Elohimאֱלֹהִיםhas givenנָתַןto human beingsלִבְנֵי הָאָדָםto be occupiedלַעֲנוֹתwith it.בּוֹ
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appearsseek
To pursue something earnestly, or care for it.
Where else “derosh” appearssearch out
To search carefully, or to look ahead for a place for others.
Where else “tur” appearswisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachma” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “naasa” appearssky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appearstask, business
Occupation, task; an affair or business that keeps someone busy.
Where else “inyan” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearshuman being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “vene” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsbe occupied
To be occupied with something, the mind set on a task.
Where else “anot” appears12I, Qohelet, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 · This verse (above)
14I saw all the works that are done under the sun, and look, all is vapor and striving after wind.
