H6213A–עָשָׂה–a.sah

And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done under the heavens. It `is' a sad travail God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

נַעֲשָׂ֖ה na.'a.Sah “it has been done”

I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit!

שֶֽׁנַּעֲשׂ֖וּ (נַּעֲשׂ֖וּ) na.'a.Su “<they> have been done”

Of laughter I said, `Foolish!' and of mirth, `What `is' this it is doing?'

עֹשָֽׂה׃ 'o.Sah “[is it] doing”

I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where `is' this -- the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.

יַעֲשׂוּ֙ ya.'a.Su “they will do”

and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!

שֶֽׁעָשׂ֣וּ (עָשׂ֣וּ) 'a.Su “<they> had done”לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת (עֲשׂ֑וֹת) 'a.Sot “do”

And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what `is' the man who cometh after the king? that which `is' already -- they have done it!

עָשֽׂוּהוּ׃ (עָשֽׂוּ) 'a.Su. “people have done”

And I have hated life, for sad to me `is' the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂ֖ה (נַּעֲשָׂ֖ה) na.'a.Sah “<it> was done”

What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?

הָֽעוֹשֶׂ֔ה (עוֹשֶׂ֔ה) 'o.Seh “worker”

The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.

עָשָׂ֥ה 'a.Sah “he has done”

I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,

וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (עֲשׂ֥וֹת) 'a.Sot “do”

I have known that all that God doth is to the age, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God hath wrought that they do fear before Him.

יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה ya.'a.Seh “he does”עָשָׂ֔ה 'a.Sah “he has acted”

And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors `is' power, and they have no comforter.

נַעֲשִׂ֖ים na.'a.Sim “[were being] done”

And better than both of them `is' he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.

נַעֲשָׂ֖ה na.'a.Sah “it is done”

Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil.

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (עֲשׂ֥וֹת) 'a.Sot “do”

For who knoweth what `is' good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?

וְיַעֲשֵׂ֣ם (יַעֲשֵׂ֣) ya.'a.Se “he spends”

Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.

יַעֲשֶׂה־ ya.'a.seh- “he does”

Be not troubled at his presence, thou mayest go, stand not in an evil thing, for all that he pleaseth he doth.

יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ ya.'a.Seh “he will do”

Where the word of a king `is' power `is', and who saith to him, `What dost thou?'

תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ ta.'a.Seh “are you doing”

All this I have seen so as to give my heart to every work that hath been done under the sun; a time that man hath ruled over man to his own evil.

נַעֲשָׂ֖ה na.'a.Sah “it is done”

And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they went in, even from the Holy Place they go, and they are forgotten in the city whether they had so done. This also `is' vanity.

עָשׂ֑וּ 'a.Su “they had done”

Because sentence hath not been done `on' an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.

נַעֲשָׂ֣ה na.'a.Sah “it is done”לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (עֲשׂ֥וֹת) 'a.Sot “do”

Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred `times', and prolonging `himself' for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him.

עֹשֶׂ֥ה 'o.Seh “[is] doing”

There is a vanity that hath been done upon the earth, that there are righteous ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the righteous. I have said that this also `is' vanity.

נַעֲשָׂ֣ה na.'a.Sah “it is done”

When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night),

נַעֲשָׂ֖ה na.'a.Sah “it is done”

then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.

נַעֲשָׂ֣ה na.'a.Sah “it is done”