Ecclesiastes 2:10

“And whatever my eyes asked for I did not withhold from them; I did not keep back my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced from all my toil, and this was my portion from all my toil.”

Ecclesiastes 2:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ecclesiastes 2:10, word by word

my eyesעֵינַena

eye

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

Where else “ena” appears
asked forשָׁאֲלוּshaalu

ask for

To ask for something, or borrow.

Where else “shaalu” appears
withholdאָצַלְתִּיatsalti

refuse

Refuse what is asked.

Where else “atsalti” appears
keep backמָנַעְתִּיmanati

withhold

Withhold, refuse, hold back.

Where else “manati” appears
my heartלִבִּlibi

heart

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

Where else “libi” appears
joyשִׂמְחָהsimcha

joy

Joy, gladness, celebration.

Where else “simcha” appears
rejoicedשָׂמֵחַsameach

joyful, glad

Joyful, glad.

Where else “sameach” appears
my toilעֲמָלִamali

toil

Exhausting effort and what it earns.

Where else “amali” appears
wasהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears
my portionחֶלְקִchelki

portion

What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".

Where else “chelki” appears

The context

9And I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me.

10 · This verse (above)

11And I turned to all my works that my hands had done and to the toil at which I had toiled in doing them, and look, all was vapor and striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

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