a manאִישׁto whomאֲשֶׁר לוֹElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםgivesיִתֶּןrichesעֹשֶׁרand possessionsוּנְכָסִיםand honor,וְכָבוֹדand he is notוְאֵינֶנּוּlackingחָסֵרfor his soulלְנַפְשׁוֹanything of allמִכֹּלthatאֲשֶׁרhe desires;יִתְאַוֶּהbutוְElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםdoes notלֹאgive him powerיַשְׁלִיטֶנּוּto eatלֶאֱכֹלfrom it,מִמֶּנּוּforכִּיa foreignerאִישׁ נָכְרִיeats it.יֹאכֲלֶנּוּThisזֶה הוּאis vaporהֶבֶלand a badרָעsickness.וָחֳלִי
Ecclesiastes 6:2
Study it in the app“a 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 6:2, word by word
- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- givesיִתֶּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- richesעֹשֶׁרosher
wealth
Wealth, riches.
Where else “osher” appears- and possessionsנְכָסִיםnechasim
riches
Riches, goods stored up.
Where else “nechasim” appears- and honorכָבוֹדchavod
honor
Literally "weight": respect, good name; or one's inner self.
Where else “chavod” appears- lackingחָסֵרchaser
lacking
Lacking something, wanting in. "Lacking heart" is one who has no sense.
Where else “chaser” appears- for his soulנַפְשׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears- he desiresיִתְאַוֶּהyitave
crave, desire
Desire strongly, crave something.
Where else “yitave” appears- give him powerיַשְׁלִיטֶyashlite
dominate, rule
To dominate, to have power over another.
Where else “yashlite” appears- to eatאֱכֹלechol
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appears- a foreignerנָכְרִיnachri
foreign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachri” appears- is vaporהֶבֶלhevel
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “hevel” appears- and a badרָעra
bad
Poor in quality, unpleasant to look at, or downcast.
Where else “ra” appears- sicknessחֳלִיcholi
sickness
Sickness, disease; also suffering.
Where else “choli” appears
The context
1There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is great upon the human being:
2 · This verse (above)
3If a man fathers a hundred and lives many years, and many are the days of his years, but his soul is not satisfied with good, and also he has had no burial, I say, better than he is the stillborn.