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Allכָּלthe streamsהַנְּחָלִיםgoהֹלְכִיםto the sea,אֶל הַיָּםand the seaוְהַיָּםis notאֵינֶנּוּfull;מָלֵאto the placeאֶל מְקוֹםwhereשֶׁthe streamsהַנְּחָלִיםgo,הֹלְכִיםthereשָׁםtheyהֵםgoלָלָכֶתagain.שָׁבִים
Ecclesiastes 1:7
Study it in the app“All the streams go to the sea, and the sea is not full; to the place where the streams go, there they go again.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 1:7, word by word
- the streamsנְּחָלִיםnechalim
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nechalim” appears- goהֹלְכִיםholchim
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holchim” appears- to the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- fullמָלֵאmale
full
Full, complete. "Full silver" is the full price.
Where else “male” appears- to the placeמְקוֹםmekom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appears- goלָכֶתlachet
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lachet” appears- againשָׁבִיםshavim
again
To do something one more time.
Where else “shavim” appears
The context
6Going toward the south and circling toward the north, circling, circling goes the wind; and on its circuits the wind returns.
7 · This verse (above)
8All things are wearisome; no one can tell it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear filled with hearing.