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Ecclesiasteschapter 3

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Ecclesiastes 3— 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.

To Everything There Is a Season1

Ecclesiastes 3:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

לַכֹּ֖לlakolfor <the> everythingH3605זְמָ֑ןzemanan appointed timeH2165וְעֵ֥תveetand an timeH6256לְכָל־lekholfor everyH3605חֵ֖פֶץchefetzmatterH2656תַּ֥חַתtachatunderH8478הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ סhashamayimthe heavensH8064

Rashi on Ecclesiastes 3:1

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
For everything there is a season. Let not one who accumulates possessions out of vanity rejoice, for although he possesses them now, they will ultimately pass on to the righteous, only the time has not yet arrived, for everything has a set time.

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

Ecclesiastes 3:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

רָאִ֣יתִיraitiI have seenH7200אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853הָֽעִנְיָ֗ןhainyanthe taskH6045אֲשֶׁ֨רʾasherwhichH834נָתַ֧ןnatanhe has givenH5414אֱלֹהִ֛יםʾelohimGodH430לִבְנֵ֥יlivneito [the] children ofH1121הָאָדָ֖םhaadam<the> humankindH120לַעֲנ֥וֹתlaanotto be busyH6031בּֽוֹ׃bowith <the> it

Aramaic Targum to Ecclesiastes 3:10

Targum
I saw the painful business and punishment which the Lord gave to the children of men who are wicked, to afflict them therewith.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Coheleth, trans. by C.D.Ginsburg, London 1861

Ecclesiastes 3:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

יָדַ֕עְתִּיyada'tiI knowH3045כִּ֛יkithatH3588אֵ֥יןʾeinthere notH369ט֖וֹבtov[is] goodH2896בָּ֑םbamfor themכִּ֣יkithatH3588אִם־ʾim-exceptH518לִשְׂמ֔וֹחַlismoachto rejoiceH8055וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתvelaasotand to doH6213ט֖וֹבtovgoodH2896בְּחַיָּֽיו׃bechaiyavin life hisH2416

Rashi on Ecclesiastes 3:12

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
I know. Now, since the time of visitation [death] is concealed, that there is nothing better for man than to rejoice with his portion and to do that which is good in his Creator’s eyes, while he is yet alive.

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

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