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Iאֲנִיsaidאָמַרְתִּיin my heartבְּלִבִּיconcerningעַל דִּבְרַתhuman beings,בְּנֵי הָאָדָם“Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםtests themלְבָרָםso that they may seeוְלִרְאוֹתthat theyשְׁהֶםare beasts,בְּהֵמָהtheyהֵמָּהby themselves.”לָהֶם
Ecclesiastes 3:18
Study it in the app“I said in my heart concerning human beings, “Elohim tests them so that they may see that they are beasts, they by themselves.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 3:18, word by word
- saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti
think
To speak inwardly without saying it aloud; to think.
Where else “amarti” appears- in my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- concerningדִּבְרַתdivrat
because of
On account of, for the sake of.
Where else “divrat” appears- human beingsבְּנֵיbene
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “bene” appears- human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- “Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- tests themבָרָvara
test
To examine someone so that what he really is may be seen.
Where else “vara” appears- so that they may seeרְאוֹתreot
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “reot” appears- are beastsבְּהֵמָהbehema
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appears
The context
17I said in my heart, “The righteous and the wicked Elohim will judge, for there is a time for every matter and for every work there.”
18 · This verse (above)
19For the fate of human beings and the fate of the beast — one fate is theirs: as this one dies, so that one dies, and one breath is for all, and the advantage of the human being over the beast is nothing, for all is vapor.