And whateverוְכֹל אֲשֶׁרmy eyesעֵינַיasked forשָׁאֲלוּI did notלֹאwithholdאָצַלְתִּיfrom them;מֵהֶםI did notלֹאkeep backמָנַעְתִּיmy heartאֶת לִבִּיfrom anyמִכָּלjoy,שִׂמְחָהforכִּיmy heartלִבִּיrejoicedשָׂמֵחַfrom allמִכָּלmy toil,עֲמָלִיand thisוְזֶהwasהָיָהmy portionחֶלְקִיfrom allמִכָּלmy toil.עֲמָלִי
Ecclesiastes 2:10
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.