The Meaning of Ecclesiastes 6:1 Explained

Ecclesiastes 6:1

KJV: There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

YLT: There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is great on man:

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

ASV: There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

There is  an evil  which I have seen  under the sun,  and it [is] common  among men: 

What does Ecclesiastes 6:1 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ecclesiastes 6

1  the vanity of riches without use
3  though a man have many children and a long life
7  the vanity of sight and wandering desires
10  The conclusion of vanities

What do the individual words in Ecclesiastes 6:1 mean?

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun and common it [is] among men
יֵ֣שׁ רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר רָאִ֖יתִי תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ וְרַבָּ֥ה הִ֖יא עַל־ הָאָדָֽם

יֵ֣שׁ  There  is 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יֵשׁ  
Sense: being, existence, substance, there is or are.
רָעָ֔ה  an  evil 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: רַע 
Sense: bad, evil.
רָאִ֖יתִי  I  have  seen 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
תַּ֣חַת  under 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ  the  sun 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: שֶׁמֶשׁ  
Sense: sun.
וְרַבָּ֥ה  and  common 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.
הִ֖יא  it  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
הָאָדָֽם  men 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.

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