Asכַּאֲשֶׁרyou do notאֵינְךָknowיוֹדֵעַwhatמַהis the wayדֶּרֶךְof the breath,הָרוּחַas the bonesכַּעֲצָמִיםin the wombבְּבֶטֶןof the pregnant woman,הַמְּלֵאָהsoכָּכָהyou do notלֹאknowתֵדַעthe workאֶת מַעֲשֵׂהof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרdoesיַעֲשֶׂהeverything.אֶת הַכֹּל
Ecclesiastes 11:5
Study it in the app“As you do not know what is the way of the breath, as the bones in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the work of Elohim who does everything.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 11:5, word by word
- knowיוֹדֵעַyodea
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodea” appears- is the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- of the breathרוּחַruach
breath
Literally "wind": the air that leaves the lungs.
Where else “ruach” appears- as the bonesעֲצָמִיםatsamim
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsamim” appears- in the wombבֶטֶןveten
womb
The belly where a mother carries her child.
Where else “veten” appears- of the pregnant womanמְּלֵאָהmelea
full
Full, complete. "Full silver" is the full price.
Where else “melea” appears- the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- doesיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears
Translation note
“Breath” (רוּחַ) can also be understood as “wind,” as in v. 4.
The context
4Whoever watches the wind will not sow, and whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.
5 · This verse (above)
6In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not let rest your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether both of them alike will be good.