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And Iוְ אֲנִיturned aroundסַבּוֹתִיto makeלְmy heartאֶת לִבִּיdespairיַאֵשׁover allעַל כָּלthe toilהֶעָמָלat whichשֶׁI had toiledעָמַלְתִּיunderתַּחַתthe sun.הַשָּׁמֶשׁ
Ecclesiastes 2:20
Study it in the app“And I turned around to make my heart despair over all the toil at which I had toiled under the sun.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 2:20, word by word
- turned aroundסַבּוֹתִיsaboti
turn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “saboti” appears- my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- despairיַאֵשׁyaesh
despair
To give up, to despair, to lose hope of attaining something.
Where else “yaesh” appears- the toilעָמָלamal
toil
Exhausting effort and what it earns.
Where else “amal” appears- I had toiledעָמַלְתִּיamalti
toil, labor
To toil, to work hard and wearily.
Where else “amalti” 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
The context
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.
20 · This verse (above)
21For there is a man whose toil is with wisdom and with knowledge and with skill, and to a man who has not toiled for it he will give it as his portion. This too is vapor and a great evil.