Study it in the app“I turned and saw under the sun that not to the swift is the race, nor to the mighty men the war, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the discerning riches, nor even to those who know favor, for time and occurrence befall them all.”
I turnedשַׁבְתִּיand sawוְרָאֹהunderתַחַתthe sunהַשֶּׁמֶשׁthatכִּיnotלֹאto the swiftלַקַּלִּיםis the race,הַמֵּרוֹץnorוְלֹאto the mighty menלַגִּבּוֹרִיםthe war,הַמִּלְחָמָהnor evenוְגַם לֹאto the wiseלַחֲכָמִיםbread,לֶחֶםnor evenוְגַם לֹאto the discerningלַנְּבֹנִיםriches,עֹשֶׁרnor evenוְגַם לֹאto those who knowלַיֹּדְעִיםfavor,חֵןforכִּיtimeעֵתand occurrenceוָפֶגַעbefallיִקְרֶהthem all.אֶת כֻּלָּם
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shavti” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rao” 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” appearsswift, light
Light, swift.
Where else “kalim” appearsrace
A race, a contest of running.
Where else “merots” appearswarrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “giborim” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearswise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachamim” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearsbe skilled
To be very wise and skilled in what one does.
Where else “nevonim” appearswealth
Wealth, riches.
Where else “osher” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodim” appearsfavor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appearstime
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appearsoccurrence
Occurrence, what comes upon someone; with "evil," a misfortune. It comes from the verb "meet, fall upon."
Where else “fega” appearsbefall
For an event to come upon someone without his seeking it.
Where else “yikre” appears10All that your hand finds to do, do it with your strength, for there is no work or reckoning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
11 · This verse (above)
12For also the human being does not know his time; like fish that are caught in an evil net, and like birds caught in the snare, so are human beings ensnared at an evil time when it falls on them suddenly.
