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Ecclesiastes 1:11

In Ecclesiastes 1 of Ecclesiastes.

There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

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אֵ֥יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).זִכְר֖וֹןzikhronmemorialזִכְרוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “memorial”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2146a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing)memorial, record.לָרִאשֹׁנִ֑יםlarishonimto firstרִאשׁוֹןpreposition, with the article, adjective, ordinal, masculine, plural, absolute — “to first”, the ordinary formH7223first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.וְגַ֨םvegamand alsoגַּםconjunction, particle, affirmation — “and also”H1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...andagain, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.לָאַחֲרֹנִ֜יםlaacharonimto lastאַחֲרוֹןpreposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “to last”, the ordinary formH314hinder; generally, late or last; specifically (as facing the east) westernafter (-ward), to come, following, hind(-er, -ermost, -most), last, latter, rereward, ut(ter) most.שֶׁיִּהְי֗וּsheyihyvwho beהָיָהparticle, relative, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “who be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לֹֽאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יִהְיֶ֤הyihyehbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לָהֶם֙lahemtoלָהֶם֙preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toזִכָּר֔וֹןzikaronmemorialזִכְרוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “memorial”, the ordinary formH2146a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing)memorial, record.עִ֥םimwithעִםpreposition — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).שֶׁיִּהְי֖וּsheyihyvwho beהָיָהparticle, relative, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “who be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לָאַחֲרֹנָֽהlaacharonahto lastאַחֲרוֹןpreposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “to last”, the ordinary formH314hinder; generally, late or last; specifically (as facing the east) westernafter (-ward), to come, following, hind(-er, -ermost, -most), last, latter, rereward, ut(ter) most.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

There is no remembrance of them of former times; neither shall there be any remembrance of them of latter times that are to come, among those that shall come after.

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American Standard Version (1901)

There is no remembrance of the former generations ; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter generations that are to come, among those that shall come after.

Young’s Literal Translation

There is not a remembrance of former [generations]; and also of the latter that are, there is no remembrance of them with those that are at the last.

World English Bible

There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.

Darby Translation

There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards.

Douay-Rheims

There is no remembrance of former things: nor indeed of those things which hereafter are to come, shall there be any remembrance with them that shall be in the latter end.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

There is no remembrance of them of former times; neither shall there be any remembrance of them of latter times that are to come, among those that shall come after.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

There is no memorial to the first things; neither to the things that have been last shall their memorial be with them that shall be at the last time .

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐκ ἔστι μνήμη τοῖς πρώτοις, καί γε τοῖς ἐσχάτοις γενομένοις οὐκ ἔσται αὐτῶν μνήμη μετὰ τῶν γενησομένων εἰς τὴν ἐσχάτην.

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