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Allהַכֹּלgoesהוֹלֵךְto oneאֶל אֶחָדplace;מָקוֹםallהַכֹּלcameהָיָהfrom the dust,מִן הֶעָפָרand allוְהַכֹּלreturnsשָׁבto the dust.אֶל הֶעָפָר
Ecclesiastes 3:20
Study it in the app“All goes to one place; all came from the dust, and all returns to the dust.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 3:20, word by word
- goesהוֹלֵךְholech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appears- to oneאֶחָדechad
united
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appears- placeמָקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- cameהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appears- from the dustעָפָרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- returnsשָׁבshav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shav” appears
The context
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.
20 · This verse (above)
21Who knows the breath of human beings, the one that goes up upward, and the breath of the beast, the one that goes down downward to the earth?