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And Iוּ אֲנִיturnedפָנִיתִיto seeלִרְאוֹתwisdomחָכְמָהand madnessוְהוֹלֵלוֹתand witlessness;וְסִכְלוּתforכִּיwhatמֶהwill the manהָאָדָםwho comesשֶׁיָּבוֹאafter the king do?אַחֲרֵי הַמֶּלֶךְWhatאֵת אֲשֶׁרthey have alreadyכְּבָרdone.עָשׂוּהוּ
Ecclesiastes 2:12
Study it in the app“And I turned to see wisdom and madness and witlessness; for what will the man who comes after the king do? What they have already done.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 2:12, word by word
- turnedפָנִיתִיfaniti
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “faniti” appears- to seeרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears- wisdomחָכְמָהchachma
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachma” appears- and madnessהוֹלֵלוֹתholelot
madness
Madness, senseless folly.
Where else “holelot” appears- and witlessnessסִכְלוּתsichlut
witlessness, folly
Folly, senseless behavior.
Where else “sichlut” appears- will the manאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- who comesיָּבוֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- after the king doמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- they have alreadyכְּבָרkevar
already, long ago
Already; long ago, formerly.
Where else “kevar” appears- doneעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears
The context
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.
12 · This verse (above)
13And I saw that there is profit for wisdom over witlessness, as the profit of light over darkness.