Ecclesiastes 11:9

“Rejoice, 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.”

Ecclesiastes 11:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ecclesiastes 11:9, word by word

Rejoiceשְׂמַחsemach

rejoice

To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.

Where else “semach” appears
young manבָּחוּרbachur

young man

A young man in the fullness of his strength.

Where else “bachur” appears
in your youthיַלְדוּתֶיyaldute

youth

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

Where else “yaldute” appears
and let your heartלִבְּlib

heart

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

Where else “lib” appears
do you goodיטִיבְytiv

be glad

For the heart to be glad, or to do something with care.

Where else “ytiv” appears
in the daysימֵיyme

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yme” appears
of your young manhoodבְחוּרוֹתֶvechurote

youth

Youth.

Where else “vechurote” appears
and walkהַלֵּךְhalech

walk

Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.

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in the waysדַרְכֵיdarche

manner

The way one lives and acts.

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and in the sightמַרְאֵיmare

sight

What is seen; how something appears before the eyes.

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of your eyesעֵינֶיene

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

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but knowדָעda

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “da” appears
Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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will bring youיְבִיאֲyevia

bring

To bring something or someone.

Where else “yevia” appears
into judgmentמִּשְׁפָּטmishpat

judgment

The decision a judge gives on a case.

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The context

8For if many years the human being lives, in them all let him rejoice, and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many; all that comes is vapor.

9 · This verse (above)

10And remove vexation from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for youth and the dawn are vapor.

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