Ecclesiastes 6:3
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.”
טוֹב
Taste and see. David does not say understand or agree — he says taste. Towb is goodness you experience, not just believe in. God's goodness is not a theological position. It is something you encounter when you draw near to Him.
הָיָה
it belonged
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הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
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חָיָה
he will live
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חָיָה
To live, to revive, to preserve alive. Chayah. He revives my soul. God is in the business of revival. He breathes new life into what is dead.
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יָלַד
he will father
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יָלַד
Begotten, born — yalad; to bring forth; Psalm 2:7 Today I have begotten You points directly to the resurrection of Christ
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יוֹם
the days of
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יוֹם
Day. Yom. A period of time. This is the day the LORD has made. Every day is His gift.
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מִן
more than/ him
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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שָׂבַע
it will be satisfied
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שָׂבַע
to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
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רַב
many
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רַב
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
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מֵאָה
one hundred children
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מֵאָה
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
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קְבוּרָה
burial
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קְבוּרָה
sepulture; (concretely) a sepulchre
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שָׁנֶה
years/ his
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שָׁנֶה
a year (as a revolution of time)
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