Asכַּאֲשֶׁרhe came outיָצָאfrom the wombמִבֶּטֶןof his mother,אִמּוֹnakedעָרוֹםhe will go away againיָשׁוּב לָלֶכֶתas he came;כְּשֶׁבָּאand nothingוּמְאוּמָה לֹאwill he takeיִשָּׂאfrom his toilבַעֲמָלוֹthat he may carryשֶׁיֹּלֵךְin his hand.בְּיָדוֹ
Ecclesiastes 5:15
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “arom” appears- 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.
Where else “amal” 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
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?