Study it in the app“And 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.”
And Iוְ אֲנִיsaidאָמַרְתִּיin my heart,בְּלִבִּי“As the fateכְּמִקְרֵהof the senseless,הַכְּסִילso it will befallיִקְרֵmeאֲנִי נִיtoo;גַּםand whyוְלָמָּהthenאָזhave I beenאֲנִיoverlyיוֹתֵרwise?”חָכַמְתִּיAnd I saidוְדִבַּרְתִּיin my heartבְלִבִּיthatשֶׁthis tooגַּם זֶהwas vapor.הָבֶל
think
To speak inwardly without saying it aloud; to think.
Where else “amarti” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appearschance, what happens
What happens to someone without his planning it; chance, lot.
Where else “mikre” appearssenseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesil” appearsbefall
For an event to come upon someone without his seeking it.
Where else “yikre” appearsmore, besides
More, over and above: what exceeds something else. "More than me".
Where else “yoter” appearsbe wise
Be wise, act wisely; in Exodus 1:10, act shrewdly.
Where else “chachamti” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appearsvapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “havel” appears14The 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.
15 · This verse (above)
16For there is no remembrance of the wise man as with the senseless forever, since already in the days to come everything will be forgotten. And how the wise man dies just like the senseless!
