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I sawרָאִיתִיthe occupationאֶת הָעִנְיָןthatאֲשֶׁרElohimאֱלֹהִיםhas givenנָתַןto human beingsלִבְנֵי הָאָדָםto be occupiedלַעֲנוֹתwith it.בּוֹ
Ecclesiastes 3:10
Study it in the app“I saw the occupation that Elohim has given to human beings to be occupied with it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 3:10, word by word
- I sawרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appears- the occupationעִנְיָןinyan
task, business
Occupation, task; an affair or business that keeps someone busy.
Where else “inyan” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- has givenנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- to human beingsבְנֵיvene
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “vene” appears- to human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- to be occupiedעֲנוֹתanot
be occupied
To be occupied with something, the mind set on a task.
Where else “anot” appears
The context
9What profit has the one who works in that in which he toils?
10 · This verse (above)
11Everything he has made beautiful in its time; also eternity he has put in their heart, without the human being finding out the work that Elohim has done from the beginning to the end.