14
The wise manהֶחָכָם— his eyesעֵינָיוare in his head,בְּרֹאשׁוֹand the senselessוְהַכְּסִילwalksהוֹלֵךְin darkness;בַּחֹשֶׁךְand I knewוְיָדַעְתִּי אָנִיtooגַםthatשֶׁoneאֶחָדfateמִּקְרֶהwill befallיִקְרֶהthem all.אֶת כֻּלָּם
Ecclesiastes 2:14
Study it in the app“The wise man — his eyes are in his head, and the senseless walks in darkness; and I knew too that one fate will befall them all.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 2:14, word by word
- The wise manחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- — his eyesעֵינָיenay
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enay” appears- are in his headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- and the senselessכְּסִילkesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesil” appears- walksהוֹלֵךְholech
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “holech” appears- in darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears- and I knewיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
united
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appears- fateמִּקְרֶהmikre
chance, what happens
What happens to someone without his planning it; chance, lot.
Where else “mikre” appears- will befallיִקְרֶהyikre
befall
For an event to come upon someone without his seeking it.
Where else “yikre” appears
The context
13And I saw that there is profit for wisdom over witlessness, as the profit of light over darkness.
14 · This verse (above)
15And I said in my heart, “As the fate of the senseless, so it will befall me too; and why then have I been overly wise?” And I said in my heart that this too was vapor.