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“Vaporהֲבֵלof vapors,”הֲבָלִיםsaysאָמַרQohelet,קֹהֶלֶת“vaporהֲבֵלof vapors;הֲבָלִיםeverythingהַכֹּלis vapor.”הָבֶל
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Study it in the app““Vapor of vapors,” says Qohelet, “vapor of vapors; everything is vapor.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 1:2, word by word
- “Vaporהֲבֵלhavel
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “havel” appears- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- 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
Translation note
“Vapor” (הֶבֶל) is breath, mist: what does not last and cannot be caught; it is the key word of the book. “Vapor of vapors” is the Hebrew way of saying “the most complete vapor.”
The context
1The words of Qohelet, son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 · This verse (above)
3What profit is there for the human being in all his toil at which he toils under the sun?