Rejoice,שְׂמַחyoung man,בָּחוּרin your youth,בְּיַלְדוּתֶיךָand let your heartוִ לִבְּךָdo you goodיטִיבְךָin the daysבִּימֵיof your young manhood,בְחוּרוֹתֶךָand walkוְהַלֵּךְin the waysבְּדַרְכֵיof your heartלִבְּךָand in the sightוּבְמַרְאֵיof your eyes;עֵינֶיךָbut knowוְדָעthatכִּיfor allעַל כָּלthese thingsאֵלֶּהElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםwill bring youיְבִיאֲךָinto judgment.בַּמִּשְׁפָּט
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “halech” appears- in the waysדַרְכֵיdarche
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darche” appears- and in the sightמַרְאֵיmare
sight
What is seen; how something appears before the eyes.
Where else “mare” appears- of your eyesעֵינֶיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- 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.
Where else “elohim” appears- will bring youיְבִיאֲyevia
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yevia” appears- into judgmentמִּשְׁפָּטmishpat
judgment
The decision a judge gives on a case.
Where else “mishpat” appears
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.