H0834A–אֲשֶׁר–a.sher

Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.

אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher “which”

And I applied my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this grievous occupation hath God given to the children of men to weary themselves therewith.

אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher “that”

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “[one] who”

I searched in my heart how to cherish my flesh with wine, while practising my heart with wisdom; and how to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was that good for the children of men which they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “that”אֲשֶׁ֤ר 'a.Sher “which”

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them: I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was my portion from all my labour.

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “that”

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what shall the man [ergänzt: do] that cometh after the king? -- that which hath already been done.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “[that] which”

I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of men to toil in.

אֲשֶׁ֨ר 'a.Sher “which”

He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work that God doeth.

אֲשֶׁ֧ר 'a.Sher “which”אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

I know that whatever God doeth, it shall be for ever; there is nothing to be added to it, nor anything to be taken from it; and God doeth [ergänzt: it], that [ergänzt: men] should fear before him.

אֲשֶׁ֨ר 'a.Sher “that”

That which is was long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God bringeth back again that which is past.

וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (אֲשֶׁ֥ר) 'a.Sher “[that] which”

And I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, and they had no comforter.

אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher “which”

Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;

אֲשֶׁ֛ר 'a.Sher “who”

and more fortunate than both is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “[one] who”אֲשֶׁ֤ר 'a.Sher “[one] who”אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher “which”

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

אֲשֶׁ֧ר 'a.Sher “that”

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth no more how to be admonished.

אֲשֶׁ֛ר 'a.Sher “who”

I saw all the living that walk under the sun, with the child, the second, that should stand up in his stead.

אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher “who”

[ergänzt: There is] no end of all the people, of all that stood before them; those however that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after the wind.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “[those] whom”

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “[that] which”

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “that”

Behold what I have seen good and comely: [ergänzt: it is] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour wherewith [ergänzt: man] laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for that is his portion.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “[that] which”אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “[that] which”אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and power to eat thereof, and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labour: that is a gift of God.

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “whom”

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among men:

אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher “which”

one to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and a sore evil.

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “whom”אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “that”

That which is hath already been named; and what man is, is known, and that he cannot contend with him that is mightier than he.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “[that] which”

For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun?

אֲשֶׁר֙ 'a.Sher “that”