Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 1:9–11

⁹What has been will be again,

and what has been done will be done again;

there is nothing new under the sun.

¹⁰Is there a case where one can say,

“Look, this is new”?

It has already existed

in the ages before us.

¹¹There is no remembrance

of those who came before,

and those yet to come will not be remembered

by those who follow after.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
What	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
has been	שֶּֽׁהָיָה֙	še·hā·yāh	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
will be again	שֶׁיִּהְיֶ֔ה	še·yih·yeh	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
and what	וּמַה־	ū·mah-	Conjunctive waw; Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
has been done	שֶׁנַּֽעֲשָׂ֔ה	šen·na·‘ă·śāh	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
will be done again	שֶׁיֵּעָשֶׂ֑ה	še·yê·‘ā·śeh	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
there is nothing	וְאֵ֥ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
new	חָדָ֖שׁ	ḥā·ḏāš	Adjective - masculine singular	H2319 new
under	תַּ֥חַת	ta·ḥaṯ	Preposition	H8478 the under part
the sun	הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃	haš·šā·meš	Article; Noun - common singular	H8121 sun

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Is there	יֵ֥שׁ	yêš	Adverb	H3426 being, substance, existence
where one can say	שֶׁיֹּאמַ֥ר	še·yō·mar	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Look	רְאֵה־	rə·’êh-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7200 see
this	זֶ֖ה	zeh	Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
is new	חָדָ֣שׁ	ḥā·ḏāš	Adjective - masculine singular	H2319 new
It	ה֑וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
has already	כְּבָר֙	kə·ḇār	Adverb	H3528 already
existed	הָיָ֣ה	hā·yāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
in the ages	לְעֹֽלָמִ֔ים	lə·‘ō·lā·mîm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
before us	מִלְּפָנֵֽנוּ׃	mil·lə·p̄ā·nê·nū	Preposition-m, Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct; first person common plural	H6440 face, before

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
There is no	אֵ֥ין	’ên	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
remembrance	זִכְר֖וֹן	ziḵ·rō·wn	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2146 memorial, remembrance
of those who came before	לָרִאשֹׁנִ֑ים	lā·ri·šō·nîm	Preposition-l, Article; Adjective - masculine plural	H7223 former, first, chief
and those yet to come	לָאַחֲרֹנִ֜ים	lā·’a·ḥă·rō·nîm	Preposition-l, Article; Adjective - masculine plural	H314 coming after
will not be	שֶׁיִּהְי֗וּ	še·yih·yū	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
remembered	זִכָּר֔וֹן	zik·kā·rō·wn	Noun - masculine singular	H2146 memorial, remembrance
by	עִ֥ם	‘im	Preposition	H5973 with
those who	שֶׁיִּהְי֖וּ	še·yih·yū	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
follow	יִהְיֶ֤ה	yih·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
after	לָאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃פ	lā·’a·ḥă·rō·nāh	Preposition-l, Article; Adjective - feminine singular	H314 coming after

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Ecclesiastes 1:9 Ecclesiastes 3:15 · Ecclesiastes 6:10 · Revelation 21:1 · Ecclesiastes 2:12 · Ecclesiastes 7:10 · Jeremiah 31:22 · Isaiah 43:19 · 2 Peter 2:1 · Revelation 21:5

Ecclesiastes 1:10 Acts 7:51 · Luke 17:26–30 · Matthew 23:30–32

Ecclesiastes 1:11 Ecclesiastes 2:16 · Psalm 9:6 · Ecclesiastes 9:5 · Isaiah 42:9

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.