Ecclesiastes 5:15

“As 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.”

Ecclesiastes 5:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ecclesiastes 5:15, word by word

he came outיָצָאyatsa

spring up

To spring up, be born, come from something.

Where else “yatsa” appears
from the wombבֶּטֶןbeten

womb

The belly where a mother carries her child.

Where else “beten” appears
of his motherאִמּim

mother

The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.

Where else “im” appears
nakedעָרוֹםarom

naked

Naked.

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he will go away againיָשׁוּבyashuv

again

To do something one more time.

Where else “yashuv” appears
he will go away againלֶכֶתlechet

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

Where else “lechet” appears
as he cameבָּאba

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “ba” appears
and nothingמְאוּמָהmeuma

anything

Something, anything; with "not", nothing.

Where else “meuma” appears
will he takeיִשָּׂאyisa

take

To get something; with "a wife", to marry.

Where else “yisa” appears
from his toilעֲמָלamal

toil

Exhausting effort and what it earns.

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in his handיָדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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The context

14and those riches are lost in a bad occupation, and he fathers a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

15 · This verse (above)

16And this also is a sickly evil: that exactly as he came, so he will go; and what profit is there for him that he toils for the wind?

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