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Go,לֵךְeatאֱכֹלyour breadלַחְמֶךָwith joy,בְּשִׂמְחָהand drinkוּשֲׁתֵהyour wineיֵינֶךָwith a good heart,בְלֶב טוֹבforכִּיalreadyכְבָרElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםhas been pleased withרָצָהyour works.אֶת מַעֲשֶׂיךָ
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Study it in the app“Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a good heart, for already Elohim has been pleased with your works.”
The Teacher says: eat your bread with joy and drink your wine with a glad heartJoy and thanks
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 9:7, word by word
- Goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- eatאֱכֹלechol
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appears- your breadלַחְמֶlachme
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachme” appears- with joyשִׂמְחָהsimcha
joy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appears- and drinkשֲׁתֵהshate
drink
Drink.
Where else “shate” appears- your wineיֵינֶyene
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yene” appears- with a good heartלֶבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- with a good heartטוֹבtov
glad
Light of spirit and at ease, with a peaceful heart.
Where else “tov” appears- alreadyכְבָרchevar
already, long ago
Already; long ago, formerly.
Where else “chevar” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- has been pleased withרָצָהratsa
take pleasure
To look on someone with pleasure.
Where else “ratsa” appears- your worksמַעֲשֶׂיmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears
The context
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.
7 · This verse (above)
8At every time let your garments be white, and let oil on your head not be lacking.