I knewיָדַעְתִּיthatכִּיallכָּלthatאֲשֶׁרElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםdoesיַעֲשֶׂהitהוּאwill beיִהְיֶהforever;לְעוֹלָםto itעָלָיוthere is noאֵיןadding,לְהוֹסִיףand from itוּמִמֶּנּוּthere is noאֵיןtaking away;לִגְרֹעַand Elohimוְהָאֱלֹהִיםhas done itעָשָׂהso that they fearשֶׁיִּרְאוּbefore him.מִלְּפָנָיו
Ecclesiastes 3:14
Study it in the app“I knew that all that Elohim does it will be forever; to it there is no adding, and from it there is no taking away; and Elohim has done it so that they fear before him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 3:14, word by word
- I knewיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- doesיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- will beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- addingהוֹסִיףhosif
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “hosif” appears- taking awayגְרֹעַgeroa
take away
To subtract something from an amount or a law.
Where else “geroa” appears- so that they fearיִּרְאוּyiru
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yiru” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears
The context
13and also that every human being who eats and drinks and sees good in all his toil — it is the gift of Elohim.
14 · This verse (above)
15What has been already is, and what is to be already has been; and Elohim seeks what is pursued.