Verse 11

{ "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.1.11", "source": "אֵ֥ין זִכְר֖וֹן לָרִאשֹׁנִ֑ים וְגַ֨ם לָאַחֲרֹנִ֜ים שֶׁיִּהְי֗וּ לֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֤ה לָהֶם֙ זִכָּר֔וֹן עִ֥ם שֶׁיִּהְי֖וּ לָאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃", "text": "*ʾÊn* *zikrôn* *lāriʾšōnîm* *wəgam* *lāʾaḥărōnîm* *šeyyihyû* *lōʾ*-*yihyeh* *lāhem* *zikkārôn* *ʿim* *šeyyihyû* *lāʾaḥărōnāh*", "grammar": { "*ʾÊn*": "particle of negation - there is no", "*zikrôn*": "noun, masculine singular - remembrance/memory", "*lāriʾšōnîm*": "preposition + article + adjective, masculine plural - for the former things/earlier ones", "*wəgam*": "conjunction + adverb - and also", "*lāʾaḥărōnîm*": "preposition + article + adjective, masculine plural - for the latter things", "*šeyyihyû*": "relative pronoun + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - that will be", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*yihyeh*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will be", "*lāhem*": "preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - for them", "*zikkārôn*": "noun, masculine singular - remembrance/memory", "*ʿim*": "preposition - with", "*lāʾaḥărōnāh*": "preposition + article + adjective, feminine singular - in the future/afterward" }, "variants": { "*zikrôn*": "remembrance/memory/memorial/record", "*riʾšōnîm*": "former/first/previous/earlier ones", "*ʾaḥărōnîm*": "latter/future/later ones" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 { "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.2.16", "source": "כִּי֩ אֵ֨ין זִכְר֧וֹן לֶחָכָ֛ם עִֽם־הַכְּסִ֖יל לְעוֹלָ֑ם בְּשֶׁכְּבָ֞ר הַיָּמִ֤ים הַבָּאִים֙ הַכֹּ֣ל נִשְׁכָּ֔ח וְאֵ֛יךְ יָמ֥וּת הֶחָכָ֖ם עִֽם־הַכְּסִֽיל׃", "text": "Because not *zikrôn* to *ḥākām* with-the-*kĕsîl* to *ʿôlām*; in that already the-*yāmîm* the-*bāʾîm* the-all *nishkāḥ* and how *yāmût* the-*ḥākām* with-the-*kĕsîl*.", "grammar": { "*zikrôn*": "masculine singular noun - remembrance/memory", "*ḥākām*": "masculine singular adjective with prefixed preposition - for the wise person", "*kĕsîl*": "masculine singular adjective with definite article and prefixed preposition - with the fool", "*ʿôlām*": "masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition - forever", "*yāmîm*": "masculine plural noun with definite article - the days", "*bāʾîm*": "Qal participle, masculine plural with definite article - the coming ones", "*nishkāḥ*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - is forgotten", "*yāmût*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will die", "*ḥākām*": "masculine singular adjective with definite article - the wise person" }, "variants": { "*zikrôn*": "remembrance/memory/memorial", "*ʿôlām*": "forever/eternity/long duration", "*bĕshekĕbār*": "because already/since already", "*hayyāmîm habbāʾîm*": "the days to come/the coming days/future days", "*hakkōl nishkāḥ*": "everything is forgotten/all is forgotten", "*yāmût heḥākām ʿim-hakkĕsîl*": "the wise person dies with/like the fool" } }
  • Eccl 9:5 : 5 { "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.9.5", "source": "כִּ֧י הַֽחַיִּ֛ים יוֹדְעִ֖ים שֶׁיָּמֻ֑תוּ וְהַמֵּתִ֞ים אֵינָ֧ם יוֹדְעִ֣ים מְא֗וּמָה וְאֵֽין־ע֤וֹד לָהֶם֙ שָׂכָ֔ר כִּ֥י נִשְׁכַּ֖ח זִכְרָֽם׃", "text": "For the-*ḥayyîm* *yôdĕʿîm* that-*yāmutû* and-the-*mētîm* not-they *yôdĕʿîm* *mĕʾûmâ* and-not-yet to-them *śākār*, for *niškkaḥ* *zikrām*.", "grammar": { "*ḥayyîm*": "adjective, masculine plural with article - the living", "*yôdĕʿîm*": "verb, qal participle, masculine plural - knowing", "*yāmutû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will die", "*mētîm*": "adjective, masculine plural with article - the dead", "*mĕʾûmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - anything", "*śākār*": "noun, masculine singular - reward/wage", "*niškkaḥ*": "verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is forgotten", "*zikrām*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their memory" }, "variants": { "*ḥayyîm*": "living ones/those who are alive", "*yôdĕʿîm*": "know/are aware/understand", "*yāmutû*": "they will die/they shall die", "*mētîm*": "dead ones/those who have died", "*mĕʾûmâ*": "anything/something/nothing", "*śākār*": "reward/wage/payment/compensation", "*niškkaḥ*": "is forgotten/has been forgotten", "*zikrām*": "their memory/remembrance of them" } }
  • Isa 41:22-26 : 22 { "verseID": "Isaiah.41.22", "source": "יַגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙ וְיַגִּ֣ידוּ לָ֔נוּ אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּקְרֶ֑ינָה הָרִאשֹׁנ֣וֹת ׀ מָ֣ה הֵ֗נָּה הַגִּ֜ידוּ וְנָשִׂ֤ימָה לִבֵּ֙נוּ֙ וְנֵדְעָ֣ה אַחֲרִיתָ֔ן א֥וֹ הַבָּא֖וֹת הַשְׁמִיעֻֽנוּ׃", "text": "*yaggîšû wəyaggîḏû lānû ʾēt ʾăšer tiqreynâ hāriʾšōnôt mâ hēnnâ haggîḏû wənāśîmâ libbēnû wənēḏəʿâ ʾaḥărîtān ʾô habbāʾôt hašmîʿûnû*", "grammar": { "*yaggîšû*": "verb, hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - let them bring near", "*wəyaggîḏû*": "conjunction + verb, hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and tell", "*lānû*": "preposition + 1st person common plural suffix - to us", "*ʾēt*": "direct object marker", "*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - which", "*tiqreynâ*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person feminine plural - will happen", "*hāriʾšōnôt*": "article + adjective, feminine plural - the former things", "*mâ*": "interrogative - what", "*hēnnâ*": "pronoun, 3rd person feminine plural - they", "*haggîḏû*": "verb, hiphil imperative masculine plural - declare/tell", "*wənāśîmâ*": "conjunction + verb, qal cohortative 1st person plural - and let us set", "*libbēnû*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person common plural suffix - our heart", "*wənēḏəʿâ*": "conjunction + verb, qal cohortative 1st person plural - and let us know", "*ʾaḥărîtān*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person feminine plural suffix - their outcome", "*ʾô*": "conjunction - or", "*habbāʾôt*": "article + verb, qal participle feminine plural - the coming things", "*hašmîʿûnû*": "verb, hiphil imperative masculine plural + 1st person common plural suffix - make us hear" }, "variants": { "*yaggîšû*": "let them bring near/present/approach with", "*wəyaggîḏû*": "and tell/declare/announce", "*tiqreynâ*": "will happen/occur/befall", "*hāriʾšōnôt*": "the former things/past events/things of old", "*haggîḏû*": "declare/tell/announce", "*wənāśîmâ libbēnû*": "and let us set our heart/consider carefully", "*wənēḏəʿâ*": "and let us know/understand/recognize", "*ʾaḥărîtān*": "their outcome/result/final state", "*habbāʾôt*": "the coming things/future events/things to come", "*hašmîʿûnû*": "make us hear/inform us/tell us" } } 23 { "verseID": "Isaiah.41.23", "source": "הַגִּ֙ידוּ֙ הָאֹתִיּ֣וֹת לְאָח֔וֹר וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔ה כִּ֥י אֱלֹהִ֖ים אַתֶּ֑ם אַף־תֵּיטִ֣יבוּ וְתָרֵ֔עוּ וְנִשְׁתָּ֖עָה *ונרא **וְנִרְאֶ֥ה יַחְדָּֽו׃", "text": "*haggîḏû hāʾōtîyôt ləʾāḥôr wənēḏəʿâ kî ʾĕlōhîm ʾattem ʾap-têṭîḇû wətārēʿû wəništāʿâ wənirʾê yaḥdāw*", "grammar": { "*haggîḏû*": "verb, hiphil imperative masculine plural - declare/tell", "*hāʾōtîyôt*": "article + noun, feminine plural - the signs/events", "*ləʾāḥôr*": "preposition + noun/adverb - for later/for what is to come", "*wənēḏəʿâ*": "conjunction + verb, qal cohortative 1st person plural - and let us know", "*kî*": "conjunction - that", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural - gods/God", "*ʾattem*": "pronoun, 2nd person masculine plural - you", "*ʾap-têṭîḇû*": "conjunction + verb, hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - also do good", "*wətārēʿû*": "conjunction + verb, hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - and do harm", "*wəništāʿâ*": "conjunction + verb, hithpael cohortative 1st person plural - and let us be dismayed", "*wənirʾê*": "conjunction + verb, qal cohortative 1st person plural - and let us see", "*yaḥdāw*": "adverb - together" }, "variants": { "*haggîḏû*": "declare/tell/announce", "*hāʾōtîyôt*": "the signs/indications/events to come", "*ləʾāḥôr*": "for later time/for the future/backward", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "gods/divine beings/God", "*ʾap-têṭîḇû*": "indeed do good/benefit/prosper", "*wətārēʿû*": "and do harm/evil/injury", "*wəništāʿâ*": "and let us be dismayed/look in awe", "*wənirʾê*": "and let us see/observe/behold" } } 24 { "verseID": "Isaiah.41.24", "source": "הֵן־אַתֶּ֣ם מֵאַ֔יִן וּפָעָלְכֶ֖ם מֵאָ֑פַע תּוֹעֵבָ֖ה יִבְחַ֥ר בָּכֶֽם׃", "text": "Behold-*ʾattem mēʾayin ûpāʿālḵem mēʾāpaʿ tôʿēḇâ yiḇḥar bāḵem*", "grammar": { "*ʾattem*": "pronoun, 2nd person masculine plural - you", "*mēʾayin*": "preposition + noun - from nothing/less than nothing", "*ûpāʿālḵem*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and your work", "*mēʾāpaʿ*": "preposition + noun - from nothingness/worthlessness", "*tôʿēḇâ*": "noun, feminine singular - abomination", "*yiḇḥar*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he chooses", "*bāḵem*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - in you" }, "variants": { "*mēʾayin*": "from nothing/less than nothing/worthless", "*pāʿālḵem*": "your work/deed/action", "*mēʾāpaʿ*": "from nothingness/worthlessness/emptiness", "*tôʿēḇâ*": "abomination/detestable thing/abhorrence", "*yiḇḥar bāḵem*": "chooses you/selects you" } } 25 { "verseID": "Isaiah.41.25", "source": "הַעִיר֤וֹתִי מִצָּפוֹן֙ וַיַּ֔את מִמִּזְרַח־שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ יִקְרָ֣א בִשְׁמִ֑י וְיָבֹ֤א סְגָנִים֙ כְּמוֹ־חֹ֔מֶר וּכְמ֥וֹ יוֹצֵ֖ר יִרְמָס־טִֽיט׃", "text": "*haʿîrôtî miṣṣāpôn wayyaʾt mi-mizraḥ-šemeš yiqrāʾ ḇišmî wəyāḇōʾ səḡānîm kəmô-ḥōmer ûḵəmô yôṣēr yirmās-ṭîṭ*", "grammar": { "*haʿîrôtî*": "verb, hiphil perfect 1st person common singular - I have aroused/stirred up", "*miṣṣāpôn*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from the north", "*wayyaʾt*": "conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular (with waw consecutive) - and he came", "*mi-mizraḥ-šemeš*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + noun - from the east/sunrising", "*yiqrāʾ*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he calls", "*ḇišmî*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 1st person common singular suffix - on my name", "*wəyāḇōʾ*": "conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he will come", "*səḡānîm*": "noun, masculine plural - rulers/officials", "*kəmô-ḥōmer*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like clay/mortar", "*ûḵəmô*": "conjunction + preposition - and like", "*yôṣēr*": "verb, qal participle masculine singular - potter/one forming", "*yirmās-ṭîṭ*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + noun, masculine singular - treads clay/mud" }, "variants": { "*haʿîrôtî*": "I have aroused/stirred up/awakened", "*miṣṣāpôn*": "from the north/northern region", "*wayyaʾt*": "and he came/has come/will come", "*mizraḥ-šemeš*": "east/sunrising/sunrise", "*yiqrāʾ ḇišmî*": "calls on my name/proclaims my name/invokes my name", "*səḡānîm*": "rulers/officials/governors/princes", "*kəmô-ḥōmer*": "like clay/mortar/mud", "*yôṣēr*": "potter/craftsman/one who forms", "*yirmās-ṭîṭ*": "treads clay/mud/tramples mortar" } } 26 { "verseID": "Isaiah.41.26", "source": "מִֽי־הִגִּ֤יד מֵרֹאשׁ֙ וְנֵדָ֔עָה וּמִלְּפָנִ֖ים וְנֹאמַ֣ר צַדִּ֑יק אַ֣ף אֵין־מַגִּ֗יד אַ֚ף אֵ֣ין מַשְׁמִ֔יעַ אַ֥ף אֵין־שֹׁמֵ֖עַ אִמְרֵיכֶֽם׃", "text": "Who *higgîḏ mērōʾš wənēḏāʿâ ûmilləpānîm wənōʾmar ṣaddîq ʾap ʾên-maggiḏ ʾap ʾên mašmîaʿ ʾap ʾên-šōmēaʿ ʾimrêḵem*", "grammar": { "*higgîḏ*": "verb, hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular - has declared", "*mērōʾš*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from the beginning", "*wənēḏāʿâ*": "conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 1st person common plural with cohortative - that we may know", "*ûmilləpānîm*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural - and from former times", "*wənōʾmar*": "conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 1st person common plural with cohortative - that we may say", "*ṣaddîq*": "adjective, masculine singular - righteous/correct", "*ʾap*": "conjunction/adverb - indeed/also/moreover", "*ʾên-maggiḏ*": "negative particle + verb, hiphil participle masculine singular - there is no one declaring", "*ʾap*": "conjunction/adverb - indeed/also/moreover", "*ʾên*": "negative particle - there is not", "*mašmîaʿ*": "verb, hiphil participle masculine singular - causing to hear/proclaiming", "*ʾap*": "conjunction/adverb - indeed/also/moreover", "*ʾên-šōmēaʿ*": "negative particle + verb, qal participle masculine singular - there is no one hearing", "*ʾimrêḵem*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your words" }, "variants": { "*higgîḏ*": "declared/announced/told", "*mērōʾš*": "from the beginning/beforehand/in advance", "*ûmilləpānîm*": "and from former times/beforehand/earlier", "*ṣaddîq*": "righteous/right/correct/true", "*ʾap*": "indeed/also/even/truly", "*ʾên-maggiḏ*": "there is no one declaring/telling/announcing", "*mašmîaʿ*": "proclaiming/announcing/making heard", "*ʾên-šōmēaʿ*": "there is no one hearing/listening to", "*ʾimrêḵem*": "your words/sayings/utterances" } }
  • Isa 42:9 : 9 { "verseID": "Isaiah.42.9", "source": "הָרִֽאשֹׁנ֖וֹת הִנֵּה־בָ֑אוּ וַֽחֲדָשׁוֹת֙ אֲנִ֣י מַגִּ֔יד בְּטֶ֥רֶם תִּצְמַ֖חְנָה אַשְׁמִ֥יע אֶתְכֶֽם׃ פ", "text": "*hārîʾšōnôṯ* *hinnēh*-*ḇāʾû* *waḥăḏāšôṯ* *ʾănî* *maggiḏ* *bəṭerem* *tiṣmaḥnāh* *ʾašmîaʿ* *ʾeṯḵem*", "grammar": { "*hārîʾšōnôṯ*": "definite article + adjective, feminine plural - the former things", "*hinnēh*": "demonstrative particle - behold", "*ḇāʾû*": "3rd person plural qal perfect verb - they have come", "*waḥăḏāšôṯ*": "conjunction + noun, feminine plural - and new things", "*ʾănî*": "1st person singular independent pronoun - I", "*maggiḏ*": "hiphil participle, masculine singular - declaring/telling", "*bəṭerem*": "preposition + adverb - before", "*tiṣmaḥnāh*": "3rd person feminine plural qal imperfect verb - they spring forth", "*ʾašmîaʿ*": "1st person singular hiphil imperfect verb - I will cause to hear/announce", "*ʾeṯḵem*": "direct object marker + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you" }, "variants": { "*rîʾšōnôṯ*": "former things/previous things/first things", "*hinnēh*": "behold/look/see", "*ḇāʾû*": "have come/have happened/have occurred", "*ḥăḏāšôṯ*": "new things/fresh things", "*maggiḏ*": "declaring/telling/announcing", "*bəṭerem*": "before/ere/previous to", "*tiṣmaḥnāh*": "they spring forth/they sprout/they grow", "*ʾašmîaʿ*": "I announce/I cause to hear/I declare" } }
  • Ps 9:6 : 6 { "verseID": "Psalms.9.6", "source": "גָּעַ֣רְתָּ ג֭וֹיִם אִבַּ֣דְתָּ רָשָׁ֑ע שְׁמָ֥ם מָ֝חִ֗יתָ לְעוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃", "text": "You have *gā'ar* *gôyim*, you have *'ābad* the *rāšā'*; their *šēm* you have *māḥâ* for *'ôlām* and *'ad*", "grammar": { "*gā'ar*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - 'you have rebuked'", "*gôyim*": "masculine plural noun - 'nations/gentiles'", "*'ābad*": "piel perfect 2nd person masculine singular - 'you have destroyed'", "*rāšā'*": "masculine singular adjective as substantive - 'wicked person'", "*šēm*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'their name'", "*māḥâ*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - 'you have blotted out'", "*'ôlām*": "masculine singular noun - 'forever/eternity'", "*'ad*": "masculine singular noun - 'perpetuity/forever'" }, "variants": { "*gā'ar*": "rebuke/reprove/scold/threaten", "*gôyim*": "nations/gentiles/peoples/heathen", "*'ābad*": "destroy/annihilate/exterminate", "*rāšā'*": "wicked/criminal/guilty/evildoer", "*šēm*": "name/reputation/memory/renown", "*māḥâ*": "blot out/wipe out/erase/destroy", "*'ôlām*": "forever/eternity/antiquity/distant time", "*'ad*": "perpetuity/forever/continuous existence" } }