Ecclesiastes 1:9

“What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.”

Ecclesiastes 1:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ecclesiastes 1:9, word by word

has beenהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears
has been doneנַּעֲשָׂהnaasa

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “naasa” appears
newחָדָשׁchadash

new

New.

Where else “chadash” appears
the sunשָּׁמֶשׁshamesh

sun

The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.

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The context

8All things are wearisome; no one can tell it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear filled with hearing.

9 · This verse (above)

10There is a thing of which one says, “See this: it is new”; already it has been in the ages that were before us.

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