Enjoyרְאֵהlifeחַיִּיםwith the womanעִם אִשָּׁהwhomאֲשֶׁרyou loveאָהַבְתָּallכָּלthe daysיְמֵיof your lifeחַיֵּיof vaporהֶבְלֶךָthatאֲשֶׁרhe has given youנָתַן לְךָunderתַּחַתthe sun,הַשֶּׁמֶשׁallכֹּלthe daysיְמֵיof your vapor,הֶבְלֶךָforכִּיthatהוּאis your portionחֶלְקְךָin lifeבַּחַיִּיםand in your toilוּבַעֲמָלְךָat whichאֲשֶׁרyouאַתָּהtoilעָמֵלunderתַּחַתthe sun.הַשָּׁמֶשׁ
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Study it in the app“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.”
Enjoy life with the wife you love; it is your share in your toilDating and Marriage
With the Hebrew beneath
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.