WhenכַּאֲשֶׁרI gaveנָתַתִּיmy heartאֶת לִבִּיto knowלָדַעַתwisdomחָכְמָהand to seeוְלִרְאוֹתthe occupationאֶת הָעִנְיָןthatאֲשֶׁרis doneנַעֲשָׂהon the earthעַל הָאָרֶץ— forכִּיneitherגַםby dayבַּיּוֹםnor by nightוּבַלַּיְלָהdoes one seeאֵינֶנּוּ רֹאֶהsleepשֵׁנָהwith his eyes—בְּעֵינָיו
Ecclesiastes 8:16
Study it in the app“When 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—”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 8:16, word by word
- I gaveנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- to knowדַעַתdaat
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “daat” appears- wisdomחָכְמָהchachma
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachma” appears- and to seeרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears- the occupationעִנְיָןinyan
task, business
Occupation, task; an affair or business that keeps someone busy.
Where else “inyan” appears- is doneנַעֲשָׂהnaasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “naasa” appears- on the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- by dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- nor by nightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- sleepשֵׁנָהshena
sleep
Sleep.
Where else “shena” appears- with his eyes—עֵינָיenay
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enay” appears
The context
15And 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.
16 · This verse (above)
17then I saw all the work of Elohim, that the human being cannot find out the work that is done under the sun; however much the human being toils in seeking, he will not find it; and even if the wise man says that he knows, he cannot find it.