H6213A–עָשָׂה–a.sah

And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

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

I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

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

Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?

עֹשָֽׂה׃ 'o.Sah “[is it] doing”

I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.

יַעֲשׂוּ֙ ya.'a.Su “they will do”

Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

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

And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.

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

So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.

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

What profit has the worker in the work which he does?

הָֽעוֹשֶׂ֔ה (עוֹשֶׂ֔ה) 'o.Seh “worker”

He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.

עָשָׂ֥ה 'a.Sah “he has done”

I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (עֲשׂ֥וֹת) 'a.Sot “do”

I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.

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

And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

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

Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.

נַעֲשָׂ֖ה na.'a.Sah “it is done”

Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (עֲשׂ֥וֹת) 'a.Sot “do”

Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

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

There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

יַעֲשֶׂה־ ya.'a.seh- “he does”

Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.

יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ ya.'a.Seh “he will do”

The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?

תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ ta.'a.Seh “are you doing”

All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.

נַעֲשָׂ֖ה na.'a.Sah “it is done”

And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.

עָשׂ֑וּ 'a.Su “they had done”

Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.

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

Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.

עֹשֶׂ֥ה 'o.Seh “[is] doing”

There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

נַעֲשָׂ֣ה na.'a.Sah “it is done”

When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),

נַעֲשָׂ֖ה na.'a.Sah “it is done”

Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, s

נַעֲשָׂ֣ה na.'a.Sah “it is done”