Also,גַּםeveryכָּלhuman beingהָאָדָםto whomאֲשֶׁר לוֹElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםhas givenנָתַןrichesעֹשֶׁרand possessionsוּנְכָסִיםand has given him powerוְהִשְׁלִיטוֹto eatלֶאֱכֹלfrom themמִמֶּנּוּand to takeוְלָשֵׂאתhis portionאֶת חֶלְקוֹand to rejoiceוְלִשְׂמֹחַin his toilבַּעֲמָלוֹ— thisזֹהisהִיאthe giftמַתַּתof Elohim.אֱלֹהִים
Ecclesiastes 5:19
Study it in the app“Also, 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 5:19, word by word
- human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- has givenנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- richesעֹשֶׁרosher
wealth
Wealth, riches.
Where else “osher” appears- and possessionsנְכָסִיםnechasim
riches
Riches, goods stored up.
Where else “nechasim” appears- and has given him powerהִשְׁלִיטhishlit
dominate, rule
To dominate, to have power over another.
Where else “hishlit” appears- to eatאֱכֹלechol
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appears- and to takeשֵׂאתset
take
To get something; with "a wife", to marry.
Where else “set” appears- his portionחֶלְקchelk
portion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chelk” appears- and to rejoiceשְׂמֹחַsemoach
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “semoach” appears- in his toilעֲמָלamal
toil
Exhausting effort and what it earns.
Where else “amal” appears- — thisזֹהzo
this, thus
This, thus: a word that points to something already said or about to be said.
Where else “zo” appears- the giftמַתַּתmatat
gift
Gift, present: something given.
Where else “matat” appears
The context
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.
19 · This verse (above)
20For he will not much remember the days of his life, because Elohim keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.