Study it in the app“For 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.”
Forכִּיthe fateמִקְרֶהof human beingsבְנֵי הָאָדָםand the fateוּמִקְרֶהof the beastהַבְּהֵמָה— one fateוּמִקְרֶה אֶחָדis theirs:לָהֶםasכְּthis oneזֶהdies,מוֹתsoכֵּןthat oneזֶהdies,מוֹתand oneוְ אֶחָדbreathרוּחַis for all,לַכֹּלand the advantageוּמוֹתַרof the human beingהָאָדָםover the beastמִן הַבְּהֵמָהis nothing,אָיִןforכִּיallהַכֹּלis vapor.הָבֶל
chance, what happens
What happens to someone without his planning it; chance, lot.
Where else “mikre” appearshuman being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “vene” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsbeast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appearsunited
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appearsdeath
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mot” appearsbreath
Literally "wind": the air that leaves the lungs.
Where else “ruach” appearsgain, profit
Gain, profit; what is left after the work.
Where else “motar” appearsvapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “havel” appears18I said in my heart concerning human beings, “Elohim tests them so that they may see that they are beasts, they by themselves.”
19 · This verse (above)
20All goes to one place; all came from the dust, and all returns to the dust.
