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Forכִּיthere areיֵשׁmanyהַרְבֵּהwordsדְּבָרִיםthat increaseמַרְבִּיםvapor;הָבֶלwhatמַהmore is thereיֹּתֵרfor the human being?לָאָדָם
Ecclesiastes 6:11
Study it in the app“For there are many words that increase vapor; what more is there for the human being?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 6:11, word by word
- manyהַרְבֵּהharbe
greatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “harbe” appears- wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- vaporהָבֶלhavel
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “havel” appears- more is thereיֹּתֵרyoter
more, besides
More, over and above: what exceeds something else. "More than me".
Where else “yoter” appears- for the human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears
The context
10Whatever has been, already its name has been called; and it is known that he is a human being, and he cannot contend with the one who is stronger than he.
11 · This verse (above)
12For who knows what is good for the human being in life, during the number of the days of his life of vapor, which he spends like a shadow? For who will tell the human being what will be after him under the sun?