Ecclesiastes 11:10

“And remove vexation from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for youth and the dawn are vapor.”

Ecclesiastes 11:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ecclesiastes 11:10, word by word

And removeהָסֵרhaser

remove

To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.

Where else “haser” appears
vexationכַּעַסkaas

grief

Bitter pain one carries inside.

Where else “kaas” appears
from your heartלִּבֶּlibe

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

Where else “libe” appears
and put awayהַעֲבֵרhaaver

bring across

To bring across, or take away.

Where else “haaver” appears
evilרָעָהraa

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “raa” appears
from your fleshבְּשָׂרֶbesare

flesh

The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.

Where else “besare” appears
youthיַּלְדוּתyaldut

youth

Youth, the time of being young; also the vigor of that age.

Where else “yaldut” appears
and the dawnשַּׁחֲרוּתshacharut

dawn, youth

Dawn; the first part of life, youth.

Where else “shacharut” appears
are vaporהָבֶלhavel

vapor

A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.

Where else “havel” appears

Translation note

“The dawn” (שַׁחֲרוּת) may refer to the first age of life or to the black hair of youth.

The context

9Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart do you good in the days of your young manhood, and walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things Elohim will bring you into judgment.

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