Ecclesiastes 9:5
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.”
יָדַע
To know, to perceive, to be acquainted with. Yada. The deepest form of knowing. God knows you completely and loves you still.
עוֹד
still
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עוֹד
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
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שָׂכָר
a reward
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שָׂכָר
payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit
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מְאוּמָה
anything
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מְאוּמָה
properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing
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זֵכֶר
memory/ their
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זֵכֶר
a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration
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שָׁכַח
it is forgotten
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שָׁכַח
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
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