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and those richesהָעֹשֶׁר הַהוּאare lostוְאָבַדin a badרָעoccupation,בְּעִנְיַןand he fathersוְהוֹלִידa son,בֵּןand there is nothingוְאֵין מְאוּמָהin his hand.בְּיָדוֹ
Ecclesiastes 5:14
Study it in the app“and those riches are lost in a bad occupation, and he fathers a son, and there is nothing in his hand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 5:14, word by word
- and those richesעֹשֶׁרosher
wealth
Wealth, riches.
Where else “osher” appears- are lostאָבַדavad
be lost
To be lost or out of place, like an animal that strays.
Where else “avad” appears- in a badרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- occupationעִנְיַןinyan
task, business
Occupation, task; an affair or business that keeps someone busy.
Where else “inyan” appears- and he fathersהוֹלִידholid
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “holid” appears- a sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- and there is nothingמְאוּמָהmeuma
anything
Something, anything; with "not", nothing.
Where else “meuma” appears- in his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears
The context
13There is a sickly evil I have seen under the sun: riches kept by their owner to his harm,
14 · This verse (above)
15As he came out from the womb of his mother, naked he will go away again as he came; and nothing will he take from his toil that he may carry in his hand.