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Alsoגַּםallכָּלhis daysיָמָיוhe eatsיֹאכֵלin darkness,בַּחֹשֶׁךְwith much vexationוְכָעַס הַרְבֵּהand his sicknessוְחָלְיוֹand wrath.וָקָצֶף
Ecclesiastes 5:17
Study it in the app“Also all his days he eats in darkness, with much vexation and his sickness and wrath.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 5:17, word by word
- his daysיָמָיyamay
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamay” appears- he eatsיֹאכֵלyochel
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochel” appears- in darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears- with much vexationכָעַסchaas
be vexed
To feel irritation or anger inside.
Where else “chaas” appears- with much vexationהַרְבֵּהharbe
greatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “harbe” appears- and his sicknessחָלְיchaly
sickness
Sickness, disease; also suffering.
Where else “chaly” appears- and wrathקָצֶףkatsef
wrath
A violent anger poured out on someone, above all YHWH's.
Where else “katsef” appears
The context
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?
17 · This verse (above)
18Look, what I have seen to be good, what is beautiful: to eat and to drink and to see good in all his toil at which he toils under the sun during the number of the days of his life which Elohim has given him, for that is his portion.