A season is set for everything, a time for every experience under heaven:aI.e., all human experiences are preordained by God; see v. 11.
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לכל
80
זמן
97
ועת
476
לכלחפץ
258
תחת
808
השמיםס
455
Ecclesiastes 3:2
Gematria: 3882
עתללדתועתלמותעתלטעתועתלעקורנטוע
A time for birthing and a time for dying,A time for planting and a time for uprooting the planted;
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עת
470
ללדתועת
940
למותעת
946
לטעתועת
985
לעקור
406
נטוע
135
Ecclesiastes 3:3
Gematria: 3347
עתלהרוגועתלרפואעתלפרוץועתלבנות
A time for slaying and a time for healing,bslaying…healing Emendation yields “wrecking…repairing”; cf. 1 Kings 18.30. A time for tearing down and a time for building up;
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עת
470
להרוגועת
720
לרפואעת
787
לפרוץועת
882
לבנות
488
Ecclesiastes 3:4
Gematria: 3254
עתלבכותועתלשחוקעתספודועתרקוד
A time for weeping and a time for laughing,A time for wailing and a time for dancing;
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עת
470
לבכותועת
934
לשחוקעת
914
ספודועת
626
רקוד
310
Ecclesiastes 3:5
Gematria: 3263
עתלהשליךאבניםועתכנוסאבניםעתלחבוקועתלרחקמחבק
A time for throwing stones and a time for gathering stones,A time for embracing and a time for shunning embraces;
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עת
470
להשליך
395
אבניםועת
579
כנוס
136
אבניםעת
573
לחבוקועת
622
לרחק
338
מחבק
150
Ecclesiastes 3:6
Gematria: 3332
עתלבקשועתלאבדעתלשמורועתלהשליך
A time for seeking and a time for losing,A time for keeping and a time for discarding;
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עת
470
לבקשועת
908
לאבדעת
507
לשמורועת
1052
להשליך
395
Ecclesiastes 3:7
Gematria: 3994
עתלקרועועתלתפורעתלחשותועתלדבר
A time for ripping and a time for sewing,A time for silence and a time for speaking;
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עת
470
לקרועועת
882
לתפורעת
1186
לחשותועת
1220
לדבר
236
Ecclesiastes 3:8
Gematria: 2870
עתלאהבועתלשנאעתמלחמהועתשלוםס
A time for loving and a time for hating;A time for war and a time for peace.
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עת
470
לאהבועת
514
לשנאעת
851
מלחמהועת
599
שלוםס
436
Ecclesiastes 3:9
Gematria: 1752
מהיתרוןהעושהבאשרהואעמל
What value, then, can those who labor get from what they earn?
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מהיתרון
711
העושה
386
באשר
503
הוא
12
עמל
140
Ecclesiastes 3:10
Gematria: 3000
ראיתיאתהעניןאשרנתןאלהיםלבניהאדםלענותבו
I have observed the business that God gave humankind to be concerned with:
[God] brings everything to pass precisely at its time; [God] also puts eternity in their mind,cputs eternity in their mind I.e., God preoccupies humankind with the attempt to discover the times of future events; cf. 8.17. but without people ever guessing, from first to last, all the things that God brings to pass.
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אתהכל
456
עשה
375
יפה
95
בעתו
478
גם
43
אתהעלם
546
נתן
500
בלבם
74
מבלי
82
אשר
501
לאימצא
172
האדם
50
אתהמעשה
821
אשרעשה
876
האלהים
91
מראש
541
ועדסוף
226
Ecclesiastes 3:12
Gematria: 1964
ידעתיכיאיןטובבםכיאםלשמוחולעשותטובבחייו
Thus I realized that the only worthwhile thing there is for them is to enjoy themselves and do what is gooddwhat is good I.e., what the author has already concluded (2.24) is good. in their lifetime;
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ידעתי
494
כי
30
אין
61
טוב
17
בם
42
כי
30
אםלשמוח
425
ולעשות
812
טוב
17
בחייו
36
Ecclesiastes 3:13
Gematria: 2590
וגםכלהאדםשיאכלושתהוראהטובבכלעמלומתתאלהיםהיא
also, that whenever people do eat and drink and get enjoyment out of all their wealth, it is a gift of God.
I realized, too, that whatever God has brought to pass will recur evermore:Nothing can be added to itAnd nothing taken from it—and God has brought to pass that mortals feel reverence.
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ידעתי
494
כי
30
כלאשר
551
יעשה
385
האלהים
91
הוא
12
יהיה
30
לעולם
176
עליו
116
אין
61
להוסיף
191
וממנו
142
אין
61
לגרע
303
והאלהים
97
עשה
375
שיראו
517
מלפניו
216
Ecclesiastes 3:15
Gematria: 3043
מהשהיהכברהואואשרלהיותכברהיהוהאלהיםיבקשאתנרדף
eMeaning of parts of verse uncertain. What is occurring occurred long since,And what is to occur occurred long since:and God seeks the pursued.
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מהשהיה
365
כבר
222
הוא
12
ואשר
507
להיות
451
כבר
222
היה
20
והאלהים
97
יבקש
412
אתנרדף
735
Ecclesiastes 3:16
Gematria: 5011
ועודראיתיתחתהשמשמקוםהמשפטשמההרשעומקוםהצדקשמההרשע
And, indeed, I have observed under the sun:Alongside justice there is wickedness,Alongside righteousness there is wickedness.
I mused: “God will doom both righteous and wicked, for there isfthere is Shift of a diacritical point yields “[God] has set.” a time for every experience and for every happening.”
gMeaning of parts of verse uncertain. So I decided, as regards human beings, to dissociate them [from] the divine beings and to face the fact that they are animals.hContrast Ps. 8.5–6.
For in respect of the fate of humans and the fate of animals, they have one and the same fate: as the one dies so dies the other, and both have the same lifebreath; humans have no superiority over animals, since both amount to nothing.
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כי
30
מקרה
345
בניהאדם
112
ומקרה
351
הבהמה
57
ומקרה
351
אחד
13
להם
75
כמות
466
זה
12
כן
70
מות
446
זה
12
ורוח
220
אחד
13
לכל
80
ומותר
652
האדם
50
מןהבהמה
147
אין
61
כי
30
הכל
55
הבל
37
Ecclesiastes 3:20
Gematria: 1615
הכלהולךאלמקוםאחדהכלהיהמןהעפרוהכלשבאלהעפר
Both go to the same place; both came from dust and both return to dust.
I saw that there is nothing better for people than to enjoy their possessions, since that is their portion. For who can enable them to see what will happen afterward?