Forכִּיallאֶת כָּלthisזֶהI laidנָתַתִּיto my heart,אֶל לִבִּיeven to make clearוְלָבוּרallאֶת כָּלthis:זֶהthatאֲשֶׁרthe righteousהַצַּדִּיקִיםand the wiseוְהַחֲכָמִיםand their worksוַעֲבָדֵיהֶםare in the handבְּיַדof Elohim;הָאֱלֹהִיםwhetherגַּםloveאַהֲבָהorגַםhate,שִׂנְאָהthe human beingהָאָדָםdoes notאֵיןknow;יוֹדֵעַallהַכֹּלis before them.לִפְנֵיהֶם
Ecclesiastes 9:1
Study it in the app“For all this I laid to my heart, even to make clear all this: that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of Elohim; whether love or hate, the human being does not know; all is before them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 9:1, word by word
- I laidנָתַתִּיnatati
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natati” appears- to my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- even to make clearבוּרvur
examine
To examine, to make clear.
Where else “vur” appears- the righteousצַּדִּיקִיםtsadikim
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadikim” appears- and the wiseחֲכָמִיםchachamim
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachamim” appears- and their worksעֲבָדֵיavade
deed
A deed, an act.
Where else “avade” appears- are in the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- loveאַהֲבָהahava
love
Love: the affection that joins one person to another; also the love of YHWH for his people.
Where else “ahava” appears- hateשִׂנְאָהsina
hatred
Hatred.
Where else “sina” appears- the human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- knowיוֹדֵעַyodea
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodea” appears- is before themפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2All is as for all: one fate for the righteous and for the wicked, for the good and for the clean and for the unclean, and for the one who sacrifices and for the one who does not sacrifice; as is the good, so is the sinner; the one who swears as is the one who fears an oath.