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Forכִּיthe livingהַחַיִּיםknowיוֹדְעִיםthat they will die,שֶׁיָּמֻתוּbut the deadוְהַמֵּתִיםdo notאֵינָםknowיוֹדְעִיםanything,מְאוּמָהand there are noוְאֵיןmoreעוֹדwagesשָׂכָרfor them,לָהֶםforכִּיtheir memoryזִכְרָםis forgotten.נִשְׁכַּח
Ecclesiastes 9:5
Study it in the app“For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything, and there are no more wages for them, for their memory is forgotten.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 9:5, word by word
- the livingחַיִּיםchayim
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” appears- knowיוֹדְעִיםyodim
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodim” appears- that they will dieיָּמֻתוּyamutu
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamutu” appears- anythingמְאוּמָהmeuma
anything
Something, anything; with "not", nothing.
Where else “meuma” appears- wagesשָׂכָרsachar
reward
What God gives in return for what is done: blessing or reward.
Where else “sachar” appears- their memoryזִכְרָzichra
remembrance, name
Remembrance: the name by which someone is remembered and called upon.
Where else “zichra” appears- is forgottenנִשְׁכַּחnishkach
forget
Forget.
Where else “nishkach” appears
The context
4For whoever is joined to all the living has confidence, for a living dog is better than the dead lion.
5 · This verse (above)
6Both their love and their hatred and their envy have already perished, and they have no longer a portion forever in all that is done under the sun.