Ecclesiastes 6:2

“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.”

Ecclesiastes 6:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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is vaporהֶבֶלhevel

vapor

A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.

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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.

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