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And Iוְ אֲנִיhatedשָׂנֵאתִיallאֶת כָּלmy toilעֲמָלִיat whichשֶׁIאֲנִיtoilעָמֵלunderתַּחַתthe sun,הַשָּׁמֶשׁsince I will leave itשֶׁאַנִּיחֶנּוּto the manלָאָדָםwho will beשֶׁיִּהְיֶהafter me.אַחֲרָי
Ecclesiastes 2:18
Study it in the app“And I hated all my toil at which I toil under the sun, since I will leave it to the man who will be after me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 2:18, word by word
- hatedשָׂנֵאתִיsaneti
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “saneti” appears- my toilעֲמָלִamali
toil
Exhausting effort and what it earns.
Where else “amali” appears- toilעָמֵלamel
laborer
A person who toils at work until worn out.
Where else “amel” appears- the sunשָּׁמֶשׁshamesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shamesh” appears- since I will leave itאַנִּיחֶaniche
leave
To leave something where it is and not take it away; not to hinder.
Where else “aniche” appears- to the manאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- who will beיִּהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears
The context
17And I hated life, for the work that is done under the sun was bad to me, for all is vapor and striving after wind.
18 · This verse (above)
19And who knows whether he will be wise or witless? Yet he will rule over all my toil at which I have toiled and in which I have been wise under the sun. This too is vapor.