Look,הִנֵּהwhatאֲשֶׁרIאָנִיhave seenרָאִיתִיto be good,טוֹבwhatאֲשֶׁרis beautiful:יָפֶהto eatלֶאֶכוֹלand to drinkוְלִשְׁתּוֹתand to seeוְלִרְאוֹתgoodטוֹבָהin allבְּכָלhis toilעֲמָלוֹat which he toilsשֶׁיַּעֲמֹלunderתַּחַתthe sunהַשֶּׁמֶשׁduring the numberמִסְפַּרof the daysיְמֵיof his lifeחַיָּיוwhichאֲשֶׁרElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםhas given him,נָתַן לוֹforכִּיthatהוּאis his portion.חֶלְקוֹ
Ecclesiastes 5:18
Study it in the app“Look, 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 5:18, word by word
- have seenרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appears- to be goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- is beautifulיָפֶהyafe
beautiful
Beautiful, handsome, of fine appearance.
Where else “yafe” appears- to eatאֶכוֹלechol
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appears- and to drinkשְׁתּוֹתshetot
drink
Drink.
Where else “shetot” appears- his toilעֲמָלamal
toil
Exhausting effort and what it earns.
Where else “amal” appears- at which he toilsיַּעֲמֹלyaamol
toil, labor
To toil, to work hard and wearily.
Where else “yaamol” appears- the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appears- during the numberמִסְפַּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appears- of the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- of his lifeחַיָּיchayay
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayay” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- has given himנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- is his portionחֶלְקchelk
portion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chelk” appears
The context
17Also all his days he eats in darkness, with much vexation and his sickness and wrath.
18 · This verse (above)
19Also, every human being to whom Elohim has given riches and possessions and has given him power to eat from them and to take his portion and to rejoice in his toil — this is the gift of Elohim.