There is noאֵיןgoodטוֹבin the manבָּאָדָםthat he should eatשֶׁיֹּאכַלand drinkוְשָׁתָהand makeוְהֶרְאָהhis soulאֶת נַפְשׁוֹseeהֶרְאָהgoodטוֹבin his toil.בַּעֲמָלוֹThis alsoגַּם זֹהIאָנִיsaw,רָאִיתִיthatכִּיit isהִיאfrom the handמִיַּדof Elohim.הָאֱלֹהִים
Ecclesiastes 2:24
Study it in the app“There is no good in the man that he should eat and drink and make his soul see good in his toil. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 2:24, word by word
- goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- in the manאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- that he should eatיֹּאכַלyochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochal” appears- and drinkשָׁתָהshata
drink
Drink.
Where else “shata” appears- and makeהֶרְאָהhera
show
To make someone see something.
Where else “hera” appears- his soulנַפְשׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears- in his toilעֲמָלamal
toil
Exhausting effort and what it earns.
Where else “amal” appears- This alsoזֹהzo
this, thus
This, thus: a word that points to something already said or about to be said.
Where else “zo” appears- from the handיַּדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears
The context
23For all his days are pains, and his occupation is vexation; even at night his heart does not lie down. This too is vapor.
24 · This verse (above)
25For who will eat, and who will enjoy apart from me?