Ecclesiastes 9:9

“Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your life of vapor that he has given you under the sun, all the days of your vapor, for that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.”

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

Enjoyרְאֵהree

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “ree” appears
lifeחַיִּיםchayim

life

The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.

Where else “chayim” appears
with the womanאִשָּׁהisha

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

Where else “isha” appears
you loveאָהַבְתָּahavta

love

To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.

Where else “ahavta” appears
the daysיְמֵיyeme

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yeme” appears
of vaporהֶבְלֶhevle

vapor

A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.

Where else “hevle” appears
he has given youנָתַןnatan

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “natan” 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
is your portionחֶלְקְchelk

portion

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

Where else “chelk” appears
and in your toilעֲמָלְamal

toil

Exhausting effort and what it earns.

Where else “amal” appears
toilעָמֵלamel

laborer

A person who toils at work until worn out.

Where else “amel” appears

The context

8At every time let your garments be white, and let oil on your head not be lacking.

9 · This verse (above)

10All 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.

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