And I sawוְרָאִיתִיthatכִּיthere is nothingאֵיןbetterטוֹב מֵthan thatאֲשֶׁרthe human beingהָאָדָםshould rejoiceיִשְׂמַחin his works,בְּמַעֲשָׂיוforכִּיthatהוּאis his portion;חֶלְקוֹforכִּיwhoמִיwill bring himיְבִיאֶנּוּto seeלִרְאוֹתwhatבְּמֶה שֶׁwill beיִּהְיֶהafter him?אַחֲרָיו
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Study it in the app“And I saw that there is nothing better than that the human being should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion; for who will bring him to see what will be after him?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 3:22, word by word
- And I sawרָאִיתִיraiti
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “raiti” appears- betterטוֹבtov
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appears- the human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- should rejoiceיִשְׂמַחyismach
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “yismach” appears- in his worksמַעֲשָׂיmaasay
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maasay” appears- is his portionחֶלְקchelk
portion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chelk” appears- will bring himיְבִיאֶyevie
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yevie” appears- will beיִּהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears
The context
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?
22 · This verse (above)