And soוּבְכֵןI sawרָאִיתִיthe wickedרְשָׁעִיםburied,קְבֻרִיםand they came,וָבָאוּand fromוּמִthe holyקָדוֹשׁplaceמְּקוֹםthey would go,יְהַלֵּכוּand they were forgottenוְיִשְׁתַּכְּחוּin the cityבָעִירwhereאֲשֶׁרthey had doneעָשׂוּso.כֵּןThis tooגַּם זֶהis vapor.הָבֶל
Ecclesiastes 8:10
Study it in the app“And so I saw the wicked buried, and they came, and from the holy place they would go, and they were forgotten in the city where they had done so. This too is vapor.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 8:10, word by word
- I sawרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appears- the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- buriedקְבֻרִיםkevurim
bury
Bury.
Where else “kevurim” appears- and they cameבָאוּvau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vau” appears- the holyקָדוֹשׁkadosh
holy
Set apart for God, distinct from the common.
Where else “kadosh” appears- placeמְּקוֹםmekom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appears- they would goיְהַלֵּכוּyehalechu
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “yehalechu” appears- and they were forgottenיִשְׁתַּכְּחוּyishtakchu
forget
Forget.
Where else “yishtakchu” appears- in the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- they had doneעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- is vaporהָבֶלhavel
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “havel” appears
Translation note
The ancient Greek translation reads “they were praised” instead of “they were forgotten.”
The context
9All this I saw, and I gave my heart to every work that is done under the sun, a time in which the human being rules over a human being to his harm.
10 · This verse (above)
11Because the sentence against the evil work is not carried out quickly, therefore the heart of human beings is full in them to do evil.