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Allכָּלthe toilעֲמַלof the human beingהָאָדָםis for his mouth,לְפִיהוּand yetוְגַםthe appetiteהַנֶּפֶשׁis notלֹאfilled.תִמָּלֵא
Ecclesiastes 6:7
Study it in the app“All the toil of the human being is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 6:7, word by word
- the toilעֲמַלamal
toil
Exhausting effort and what it earns.
Where else “amal” appears- of the human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- is for his mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- the appetiteנֶּפֶשׁnefesh
appetite
Hunger or craving; the throat.
Where else “nefesh” appears- filledתִמָּלֵאtimale
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “timale” appears
The context
6And even if he lived a thousand years twice and did not see good, do not all go to one place?
7 · This verse (above)
8For what more has the wise man than the senseless? What has the afflicted one who knows how to walk before the living?