Ecclesiasteschapter 6
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Ecclesiastes 6— 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.
Riches Given, and No Power to Eat Thereof1
Ecclesiastes 6:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Ecclesiastes 6:1
And it weighs heavily on man. It is prevalent among mankind. 1 It causes distress upon mankind.
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Aramaic Targum to Ecclesiastes 6:1
There is an evil which I saw in this world under the sun, and it is great upon the children of man.
Read it in full at Sefaria · Coheleth, trans. by C.D.Ginsburg, London 1861
Ecclesiastes 6:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Ecclesiastes 6:2
Wealth [and] possessions. Its simple explanation, is its apparent meaning.
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Ecclesiastes 6:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Ecclesiastes 6:3
If a man begets a hundred [children]. Children. 4 “A hundred” is figuratively speaking, it is an expression used to denote “many.” (Ibn Ezra)
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Ecclesiastes 6:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Who Knoweth What Is Good for Man in His Vain Days?7
Ecclesiastes 6:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:8· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:9· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Ecclesiastes 6:10
Whatever has been has already been named. The stature and greatness that had been established during his lifetime, “has already been named,” i.e., it already was and passed, he already had attained fame, and now it has passed, and it was made known that he was a man.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001
Aramaic Targum to Ecclesiastes 6:10
That which has been in the world, behold! its name has long been called, and has been made known to the children of men from the day that the first Adam existed, and all is the decree of the Lord; and men cannot stand in judgment with the Lord of the world, who is stronger than he.
Read it in full at Sefaria · Coheleth, trans. by C.D.Ginsburg, London 1861
Ecclesiastes 6:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Ecclesiastes 6:11
For there are many things. With which he occupied himself during his lifetime, such as the games of the kings, [e.g.,] monkeys, elephants and lions. They increased vanity for him, and what remains for him after he dies.
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Ecclesiastes 6:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows. For who knows good deeds and what man should do during his life, so that it will bring him goodness in the hereafter.
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