Study it in the app“then 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.”
then I sawוְרָאִיתִיallאֶת כָּלthe workמַעֲשֵׂהof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםthatכִּיthe human beingהָאָדָםcannotלֹא יוּכַלfind outלִמְצוֹאthe workאֶת הַמַּעֲשֶׂהthatאֲשֶׁרis doneנַעֲשָׂהunderתַחַתthe sun;הַשֶּׁמֶשׁhowever muchבְּשֶׁל אֲשֶׁרthe human beingהָאָדָםtoilsיַעֲמֹלin seeking,לְבַקֵּשׁhe will notוְלֹאfind it;יִמְצָאand even ifוְגַם אִםthe wise manהֶחָכָםsaysיֹאמַרthat he knows,לָדַעַתhe cannotלֹא יוּכַלfind it.לִמְצֹא
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appearswork
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsbe able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchal” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “metso” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “naasa” appearssun
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” appearsthat, who; of
A short particle meaning "that," "who," "of." Joined to other words it forms phrases like "of ours" (2 Kings 6:11) or "on account of." Frequent in Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs.
Where else “l” appearstoil, labor
To toil, to work hard and wearily.
Where else “yaamol” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “vakesh” appearswise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “daat” appears16When 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—
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