Ecclesiastes 9:6

“Both 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.”

Ecclesiastes 9:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ecclesiastes 9:6, word by word

Both their loveאַהֲבָתָahavata

love

Love: the affection that joins one person to another; also the love of YHWH for his people.

Where else “ahavata” appears
and their hatredשִׂנְאָתָsinata

hatred

Hatred.

Where else “sinata” appears
and their envyקִנְאָתָkinata

envy

To want bitterly what another has or is.

Where else “kinata” appears
have alreadyכְּבָרkevar

already, long ago

Already; long ago, formerly.

Where else “kevar” appears
perishedאָבָדָהavada

perish

To die, be ruined.

Where else “avada” appears
a portionחֵלֶקchelek

portion

What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".

Where else “chelek” appears
foreverעוֹלָםolam

forever

Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.

Where else “olam” 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 sunשָּׁמֶשׁshamesh

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 “shamesh” appears

The context

5For 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.

6 · This verse (above)

7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a good heart, for already Elohim has been pleased with your works.

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