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I knewיָדַעְתִּיthatכִּיthere is noאֵיןgoodטוֹבin themבָּםexceptכִּי אִםto rejoiceלִשְׂמוֹחַand to doוְלַעֲשׂוֹתgoodטוֹבin his life;בְּחַיָּיו
Ecclesiastes 3:12
Study it in the app“I knew that there is no good in them except to rejoice and to do good in his life;”
To eat, drink and see good in all your toil is a gift of GodWork and Rest
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 3:12, word by word
- I knewיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- to rejoiceשְׂמוֹחַsemoach
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “semoach” appears- and to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- in his lifeחַיָּיchayay
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayay” appears
The context
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.
12 · This verse (above)
13and also that every human being who eats and drinks and sees good in all his toil — it is the gift of Elohim.