Ecclesiastes 6:1

“There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is great upon the human being:”

Ecclesiastes 6:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ecclesiastes 6:1, word by word

an evilרָעָהraa

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “raa” appears
I have seenרָאִיתִיraiti

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “raiti” appears
the sunשָּׁמֶשׁshamesh

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 “shamesh” appears
and it is greatרַבָּהraba

great

Of great size or power; the one who stands out.

Where else “raba” appears
upon the human beingאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

Where else “adam” appears

The context

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2a man to whom Elohim gives riches and possessions and honor, and he is not lacking for his soul anything of all that he desires; but Elohim does not give him power to eat from it, for a foreigner eats it. This is vapor and a bad sickness.

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