Ecclesiastes 7:14

“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.”

Ecclesiastes 7:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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