Thisזֶהis an evilרָעin allבְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרis doneנַעֲשָׂהunderתַּחַתthe sun,הַשֶּׁמֶשׁthatכִּיone fateמִקְרֶה אֶחָדcomes to all;לַכֹּלand alsoוְגַםthe heartלֵבof human beingsבְּנֵי הָאָדָםis fullמָלֵאof evil,רָעand madnessוְהוֹלֵלוֹתis in their heartבִּלְבָבָםduring their life,בְּחַיֵּיהֶםand afterwardוְאַחֲרָיוthey go to the dead.אֶל הַמֵּתִים
Ecclesiastes 9:3
Study it in the app“This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that one fate comes to all; and also the heart of human beings is full of evil, and madness is in their heart during their life, and afterward they go to the dead.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 9:3, word by word
- is an evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” 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- 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- one fateמִקְרֶהmikre
chance, what happens
What happens to someone without his planning it; chance, lot.
Where else “mikre” appears- one fateאֶחָדechad
united
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appears- the heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of human beingsבְּנֵיbene
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “bene” appears- of human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- is fullמָלֵאmale
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “male” appears- and madnessהוֹלֵלוֹתholelot
madness
Madness, senseless folly.
Where else “holelot” appears- is in their heartלְבָבָlevava
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levava” appears- during their lifeחַיֵּיchaye
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaye” appears- they go to the deadמֵּתִיםmetim
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “metim” appears
The context
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.
3 · This verse (above)
4For whoever is joined to all the living has confidence, for a living dog is better than the dead lion.