Study it in the app“There is one, and no second; he has neither son nor brother, and there is no end to all his toil; also his eye is not satisfied with riches. “And for whom am I toiling and depriving my soul of good?” This too is vapor, and it is a bad occupation.”
There isיֵשׁone,אֶחָדand noוְאֵיןsecond;שֵׁנִיhe has neitherגַּם אֵין לוֹsonבֵּןnor brother,וָאָחand there is noוְאֵיןendקֵץto allלְכָלhis toil;עֲמָלוֹalsoגַּםhis eyeעֵינוֹis notלֹאsatisfiedתִשְׂבַּעwith riches.עֹשֶׁר“And for whomוּלְמִיam Iאֲנִיtoilingעָמֵלand deprivingוּמְחַסֵּרmy soulאֶת נַפְשִׁיof good?”מִטּוֹבָהThis tooגַּם זֶהis vapor,הֶבֶלandוְit isהוּאa badרָעoccupation.עִנְיַן
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearssecond
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “sheni” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ach” appearsend
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kets” appearstoil
Exhausting effort and what it earns.
Where else “amal” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “en” appearsbe sated
To have plenty, be fed up.
Where else “tisba” appearswealth
Wealth, riches.
Where else “osher” appearslaborer
A person who toils at work until worn out.
Where else “amel” appearslack, be lacking
Lack, be short of; decrease.
Where else “mechaser” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appearsvapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “hevel” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appearstask, business
Occupation, task; an affair or business that keeps someone busy.
Where else “inyan” appears7And I turned and saw vapor under the sun:
8 · This verse (above)
9Two are better than one, because they have good wages for their toil.
