Ecclesiastes 5:18

“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.”

Ecclesiastes 5:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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