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and betterוְטוֹבthan both of themמִשְּׁנֵיהֶםis the one whoאֵת אֲשֶׁרhas not yetעֲדֶן לֹאbeen,הָיָהwhoאֲשֶׁרhas notלֹאseenרָאָהthe evilהָרָעworkאֶת הַמַּעֲשֶׂהthatאֲשֶׁרis doneנַעֲשָׂהunderתַּחַתthe sun.הַשָּׁמֶשׁ
Ecclesiastes 4:3
Study it in the app“and better than both of them is the one who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 4:3, word by word
- and betterטוֹבtov
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appears- than both of themשְּׁנֵיshene
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appears- has not yetעֲדֶןaden
still, until now
Still; until now.
Where else “aden” appears- beenהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- seenרָאָהraa
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raa” appears- the evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- workמַּעֲשֶׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- is doneנַעֲשָׂהnaasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “naasa” appears- the sunשָּׁמֶשׁshamesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shamesh” appears
The context
2And I praised the dead who have already died more than the living who are still alive;
3 · This verse (above)
4And I saw all the toil and all the skill of the work, that it is the envy of a man toward his neighbor. This too is vapor and striving after wind.