ecclesiastes 9:5....can you please tell me what is the original hebrew for the word death?

Answer 1

Hebrew for H4191
מות

Transliteration

muwth


Pronunciation

müth (Key)

Part of Speech

verb


Root Word (Etymology)

a primitive root

TWOT Reference

1169
Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to die, kill, have one executed

a) (Qal)

1) to die

2) to die (as penalty), be put to death

3) to die, perish (of a nation)

4) to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct)

b) (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch

c) (Hiphil) to kill, put to death

d) (Hophal)

1) to be killed, be put to death

a) to die prematurely

Answer 2

Ecclesiastes 9:5 Yes, the living know they are going to die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward; they are completely forgotten. (Good News Translation)

If you want to look up the other words in the Strong's Concordance - here they are:

For3588
the living2416
know3045
that they shall die:7945, 4191
but the dead4191
know3045
not369
any thing,3972
neither369
have they any more5750
a reward;7939
for3588
the memory2143
of them is forgotten.7911

H7945
שׁל
shel
shel
For the relative H834; used with prepositional prefix, and often followed by some pronoun affixed; on account of, what soever, which soever: - cause, sake.

H4191
מוּת
mûth
mooth
A primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively to kill: - X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy (-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro [-mancer], X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in [no] wise.

I hope these help. Peace.

Answer 3

OneWay: HaSatan is NOT an adversary to God, he is an adversary to us and our spiritual path! There is a famous Jewish teaching that if you want to find out the true meaning of something, find the first time the word appears in the Bible. The first time a form of the word 'Satan' appears is in Numbers 22:22 where an angel of G-d stood in front of Bilam and his donkey to obstruct them, to block their path. The word "l'satan", therefore, means to be an obstacle, an obstruction, a roadblock, an adversary, etc. The purpose of Satan and the Satanic force in the world is to obstruct our spiritual progress. Life is supposed to be a path to G-d. If the journey were a breeze, with no challenges, there would be little virtue in succeeding. For example, G-d tells us not to commit adultery. If there were no strong sexual impulse, and if people of the opposite sex looked like sacks of potatoes, there wouldn't be much virtue in being moral. G-d asks us to return the lost objects of people that we may happen to find. If we had no lust for money, then there would be little virtue in returning someone's wallet. The rabbis teach in the Talmud that Satan basically resides inside of us, and it's called the Yetzer Hara (Inclination Toward Evil). The rabbis say that this Satanic force is the greatest blessing that G-d ever gave us! Satan is the loyal opposition. It helps us build our spiritual muscles by giving us resistance to our spiritual progress. If you go to a gym, and lift weights that weigh 6 ounces, you will never build any muscle. The more weight you add, the more resistance, the more muscle you will build. The same is true spiritually. If we didn't have this Satanic force in the world opposing our progress, there would be no opportunity to build our spiritual muscles... The greatest chess player in modern times was arguably Garry Kasparov. His greatest opponent was Anatoly Karpov. They were bitter enemies. But without Karpov, there would be no Kasparov. Having such strong opposition brought out the best in him. It made him the great chess player that he was. If he only had weak competition, he would never have grown into a great chess player. So, his strongest enemy was the greatest blessing to him! The Talmud says that the more righteous someone is, the greater is their Yetzer Hara. G-d needs to test him even more since he's reached such a high level! What a totally different understanding of Satan than the Christian one! To them, Satan is not playing on G-d's team. He's the leader of a team that has rebelled against G-d. From a Jewish point of view, Satan is on G-d's team! And even though he tries his hardest to tempt us and detour us, he is ultimately rooting for us to overcome him! He's simply doing his job! Rabbi Michael Skobac .

Answer 4

The word "death" does not occur in Ecclesiastes 9:5, but it does appear in Ecclesiastes 7:1,26 and 8:8.

(Ecclesiastes 7:1, NWT) A name is better than good oil, and the day of death than the day of one’s being born.
(Ecclesiastes 7:1, KJV) A good name is better than precious ointment and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

(Ecclesiastes 7:26, NWT) And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets...
(Ecclesiastes 7:26, KJV) and I was finding out: More bitter than death I found the woman who is herself nets for hunting and whose heart is dragnets

(Ecclesiastes 8:8, NWT) There is no man having power over the spirit to restrain the spirit; neither is there any power of control in the day of death
(Ecclesiastes 8:8, KJV) There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death

Here is the Strong's citation regarding the original Hebrew:
[quote]
מות
mâveth
maw'-veth
From H4191; death (natural or violent); concretely the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively pestilence, ruin
[unquote]

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