And Iוְ אֲנִיpraisedשִׁבַּחְתִּיjoy,אֶת הַשִּׂמְחָהbecauseאֲשֶׁרthere is noאֵיןgoodטוֹבfor the human beingלָאָדָםunderתַּחַתthe sunהַשֶּׁמֶשׁexceptכִּי אִםto eatלֶאֱכוֹלand to drinkוְלִשְׁתּוֹתand to rejoice,וְלִשְׂמוֹחַand thisוְהוּאwill accompany himיִלְוֶנּוּin his toilבַעֲמָלוֹthrough the daysיְמֵיof his lifeחַיָּיוwhichאֲשֶׁרElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםhas given himנָתַן לוֹunderתַּחַתthe sun.הַשָּׁמֶשׁ
Ecclesiastes 8:15
Study it in the app“And I praised joy, because there is no good for the human being under the sun except to eat and to drink and to rejoice, and this will accompany him in his toil through the days of his life which Elohim has given him under the sun.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 8:15, word by word
- praisedשִׁבַּחְתִּיshibachti
praise
To say aloud how great and good someone is, giving him honor.
Where else “shibachti” appears- joyשִּׂמְחָהsimcha
joy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appears- goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- for the human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appears- to eatאֱכוֹלechol
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appears- and to drinkשְׁתּוֹתshetot
drink
Drink.
Where else “shetot” appears- and to rejoiceשְׂמוֹחַsemoach
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “semoach” appears- will accompany himיִלְוֶyilve
join
To join oneself to someone and be bound to him.
Where else “yilve” appears- in his toilעֲמָלamal
toil
Exhausting effort and what it earns.
Where else “amal” appears- through the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- of his lifeחַיָּיchayay
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayay” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- has given himנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears
The context
14There is a vapor that is done on the earth, that there are righteous ones to whom it comes according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones to whom it comes according to the work of the righteous. I said that this too is vapor.
15 · This verse (above)
16When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the occupation that is done on the earth — for neither by day nor by night does one see sleep with his eyes—