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Ecclesiasteschapter 1

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Ecclesiastes 1— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

I Gave My Heart to Seek Out Wisdom — and Found Grief12

Ecclesiastes 1:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

אֲנִ֣יʾaniIH589קֹהֶ֗לֶתkoheletTeacherH6953הָיִ֥יתִיhayitiI wasH1961מֶ֛לֶךְmelekhkingH4428עַל־ʾal-overH5921יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyisraelIsraelH3478בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃birushalimin JerusalemH3389

Rashi on Ecclesiastes 1:12

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
I, Koheles, have been king. Over the whole world, and later, over Yisroel, and then, over Yerusholayim alone, and finally, over my staff, 39 See Maseches Sanhedrin 20b. for it says, “[I] have been king.. in Yerusholayim,” but now, I am no longer king.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001

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