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Allכָּלthingsהַדְּבָרִיםare wearisome;יְגֵעִיםno oneלֹא אִישׁcanיוּכַלtell it;לְדַבֵּרthe eyeעַיִןis notלֹאsatisfiedתִשְׂבַּעwith seeing,לִרְאוֹתnorוְלֹאis the earאֹזֶןfilledתִמָּלֵאwith hearing.מִשְּׁמֹעַ
Ecclesiastes 1:8
Study it in the app“All things are wearisome; no one can tell it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear filled with hearing.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 1:8, word by word
- thingsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devarim” appears- are wearisomeיְגֵעִיםyegeim
weary
Weary, without strength from effort; also wearisome.
Where else “yegeim” appears- no oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- canיוּכַלyuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchal” appears- tell itדַבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- the eyeעַיִןayin
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ayin” appears- satisfiedתִשְׂבַּעtisba
be sated
To have plenty, be fed up.
Where else “tisba” appears- with seeingרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears- is the earאֹזֶןozen
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “ozen” appears- filledתִמָּלֵאtimale
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “timale” appears- with hearingשְּׁמֹעַshemoa
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemoa” appears
Translation note
“Things” translates דְּבָרִים, which also means “words”: “all words are wearisome.”
The context
7All the streams go to the sea, and the sea is not full; to the place where the streams go, there they go again.
8 · This verse (above)
9What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.