Everythingאֶת הַכֹּלhe has madeעָשָׂהbeautifulיָפֶהin its time;בְעִתּוֹalsoגַּםeternityאֶת הָעֹלָםhe has putנָתַןin their heart,בְּלִבָּםwithoutמִבְּלִיthe human beingהָאָדָםfinding outאֲשֶׁר לֹא יִמְצָאthe workאֶת הַמַּעֲשֶׂהthatאֲשֶׁרElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםhas doneעָשָׂהfrom the beginningמֵרֹאשׁto the end.וְעַד סוֹף
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Study it in the app“Everything 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 3:11, word by word
- he has madeעָשָׂהasa
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asa” appears- beautifulיָפֶהyafe
beautiful
Beautiful, handsome, of fine appearance.
Where else “yafe” appears- in its timeעִתּit
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “it” appears- eternityעֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- he has putנָתַןnatan
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natan” appears- in their heartלִבָּliba
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appears- withoutבְּלִיbeli
without; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “beli” appears- the human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- finding outיִמְצָאyimtsa
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimtsa” appears- the workמַּעֲשֶׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- from the beginningרֹאשׁrosh
beginning
Literally "the head": the first moment of something.
Where else “rosh” appears- to the endסוֹףsof
end
End: where something finishes.
Where else “sof” appears
Translation note
“Eternity” (הָעֹלָם): according to Strong and BDB, the word means a long or endless duration, toward the past or toward the future; it can be understood as “the whole of time.”
The context
10I saw the occupation that Elohim has given to human beings to be occupied with it.
11 · This verse (above)
12I knew that there is no good in them except to rejoice and to do good in his life;