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A generationדּוֹרgoes,הֹלֵךְand a generationוְדוֹרcomes,בָּאand the earthוְהָאָרֶץstandsעֹמָדֶתforever.לְעוֹלָם
Ecclesiastes 1:4
Study it in the app“A generation goes, and a generation comes, and the earth stands forever.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 1:4, word by word
- A generationדּוֹרdor
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appears- goesהֹלֵךְholech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appears- comesבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- and the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- standsעֹמָדֶתomadet
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “omadet” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
3What profit is there for the human being in all his toil at which he toils under the sun?
4 · This verse (above)
5And the sun rises, and the sun goes down, and it pants toward its place; there it rises.