Study it in the app“For 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?”
Forכִּיwhoמִיknowsיוֹדֵעַwhatמַהis goodטּוֹבfor the human beingלָאָדָםin life,בַּחַיִּיםduring the numberמִסְפַּרof the daysיְמֵיof his lifeחַיֵּיof vapor,הֶבְלוֹwhich he spendsוְיַעֲשֵׂםlike a shadow?כַּצֵּלForאֲשֶׁרwhoמִיwill tellיַגִּידthe human beingלָאָדָםwhatמַהwill beיִּהְיֶהafter himאַחֲרָיוunderתַּחַתthe sun?הַשָּׁמֶשׁ
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodea” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearslife
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayim” appearsnumber
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appearsvapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “hevl” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appearsshadow
A shadow: the dark shape something leaves when it blocks the light, and which soon passes.
Where else “tsel” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagid” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appearssun
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” appears11For there are many words that increase vapor; what more is there for the human being?
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