In the dayבְּיוֹםof good,טוֹבָהbeהֱיֵהin the good,בְטוֹבand in the dayוּבְיוֹםof evil,רָעָהsee:רְאֵהalsoגַּםthis oneאֶת זֶהalongsideלְעֻמַּתthat oneזֶהElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםhas made,עָשָׂהso thatעַל דִּבְרַת שֶׁthe human beingהָאָדָםmay notלֹּאfindיִמְצָאanythingמְאוּמָהafter him.אַחֲרָיו
Ecclesiastes 7:14
Study it in the app“In the day of good, be in the good, and in the day of evil, see: also this one alongside that one Elohim has made, so that the human being may not find anything after him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 7:14, word by word
- In the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of goodטוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- beהֱיֵהheye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heye” appears- of evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- seeרְאֵהree
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ree” appears- alongsideעֻמַּתumat
alongside, close to
Beside, along with, close to.
Where else “umat” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- has madeעָשָׂהasa
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asa” appears- so thatדִּבְרַתdivrat
because of
On account of, for the sake of.
Where else “divrat” appears- the human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- findיִמְצָאyimtsa
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimtsa” appears- anythingמְאוּמָהmeuma
anything
Something, anything; with "not", nothing.
Where else “meuma” appears
The context
13See the work of Elohim, for who can make straight what he has made crooked?
14 · This verse (above)
15Everything I have seen in the days of my vapor: there is a righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man prolonging his days in his evil.