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There is noאֵיןendקֵץto allלְכָלthe people,הָעָםto allלְכֹלbefore whomאֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵיהֶםhe was;הָיָהalsoגַּםthe later onesהָאַחֲרוֹנִיםwill notלֹאrejoiceיִשְׂמְחוּin him.בוֹForכִּיthis tooגַם זֶהis vaporהֶבֶלand strivingוְרַעְיוֹןafter wind.רוּחַ
Ecclesiastes 4:16
Study it in the app“There is no end to all the people, to all before whom he was; also the later ones will not rejoice in him. For this too is vapor and striving after wind.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 4:16, word by word
- endקֵץkets
end
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kets” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- before whomפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- he wasהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- the later onesאַחֲרוֹנִיםacharonim
last
What comes at the end or goes behind something else.
Where else “acharonim” appears- rejoiceיִשְׂמְחוּyismchu
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “yismchu” appears- is vaporהֶבֶלhevel
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “hevel” appears- and strivingרַעְיוֹןraon
striving, thought
Striving, effort; a thought or longing (as in "chasing after wind" or "striving of the heart").
Where else “raon” appears- after windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears
The context
15I saw all the living who walk under the sun, with the youth, the second, who will stand in his place.
16 · This verse (above)