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Iאֲנִיsaidאָמַרְתִּיin my heart,בְּלִבִּי“Comeלְכָהnow,נָּאI will test youאֲנַסְּכָהwith joy;בְשִׂמְחָהand look onוּרְאֵה בְthe good.”טוֹבAnd look,וְהִנֵּהit tooגַם הוּאwas vapor.הָבֶל
Ecclesiastes 2:1
Study it in the app“I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with joy; and look on the good.” And look, it too was vapor.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 2:1, word by word
- saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti
think
To speak inwardly without saying it aloud; to think.
Where else “amarti” appears- in my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- “Comeלְכָlecha
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lecha” appears- I will test youאֲנַסְּanas
test
To put someone in a situation to see how he responds and what is within him.
Where else “anas” appears- with joyשִׂמְחָהsimcha
joy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appears- and look onרְאֵהree
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ree” appears- the goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- was vaporהָבֶלhavel
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “havel” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Of laughter I said, “Madness!” and of joy, “What does this do?”