Ecclesiastes Chapter 1

Kohelet shows the vanity of human courses

1:1 The words of Koheletקֹהֶלֶת
Transliteration: qōheleṯ Kohelet = “one who gathers people together”, collector (of sentences), teacher, preacher, public speaker, speaker in an assembly, Koheleth – The Tanach states ” The author of this book was King Solomon who was called “Koheleles”, because of the wisdom “which was assembled within him” (ibn Ezar), or because “he assembled many branches of wisdom” (Rashi). for more info click here, the son of Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here, king in Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָם‎
Transliteration: bîrûšālām – proper locative noun meaning “teaching of peace” or possession of peace – also called the city of David and Zion – the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split For more info click here.
1:2 Pointless of pointlessness, says the words of Koheletקֹהֶלֶת
Transliteration: qōheleṯ Kohelet = “one who gathers people together”, collector (of sentences), teacher, preacher, public speaker, speaker in an assembly, Koheleth – The Tanach states ” The author of this book was King Solomon who was called “Koheleles”, because of the wisdom “which was assembled within him” (ibn Ezar), or because “he assembled many branches of wisdom” (Rashi). for more info click here, pointless of pointlessness; all is pointless.
1:3 What profit does a manלָאָדָם‎
Transliteration: lā’āḏām man, human being
man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT) Adam, first man city in Jordan valley For more info click here have for all his labor which he toils under the sun?
1:4 One generation goes, and a generation comes: but the earth endures forever.
1:5 The sun rises, and the sun sets, and speeds to his place rises there.
1:6 The wind goes toward the south, and veers toward the north; it whirls around continually, and keeps returning to its rounds.
1:7 All the rivers flow into the sea; yet the sea isn’t full; to the place where the rivers flow, there they flow once more.
1:8 All things are wearisome; man can’t speak [it]: the eye isn’t satisfied with seeing, or the ear filled with hearing.
1:9 Whatever has been is what will be; and whatever has done is what will be done: and there is nothing new under the sun.
1:10 Sometimes there is something of which it may be said, Look, this is new! it has already existed in the ages before us.
1:11 There is no recollection of former ones; so to,  of the latter ones that are yet to be, there will be no recollection among those of a still later time.

Discovered in the study of wisdom

1:12 I Koheletקֹהֶלֶת
Transliteration: qōheleṯ Kohelet = “one who gathers people together”, collector (of sentences), teacher, preacher, public speaker, speaker in an assembly, Koheleth – The Tanach states ” The author of this book was King Solomon who was called “Koheleles”, because of the wisdom “which was assembled within him” (ibn Ezar), or because “he assembled many branches of wisdom” (Rashi). for more info click here was king over Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here in Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָם‎
Transliteration: bîrûšālām – proper locative noun meaning “teaching of peace” or possession of peace – also called the city of David and Zion – the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split For more info click here.
1:13 I wisely applied myself to seek out and explore by wisdom all that happens under the heavensהַשָּׁמָיִם‎
Transliteration: haššāmāyim – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute – the visible heavens, the abode of the stars like the visible universe, the sky, the atmosphere For more info click here: this is a sorry task that Elohimאֱלֹהִים
romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ‎ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning “gods”. Although the word is plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity particularly the God of Israel In other verses it refers to the singular gods of other nations or to deities in the plural A name for GOD — God The Creator. For more info click here has given to the sons of manהָאָדָם‎
Transliteration: ‘hā’āḏām, human being
man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT) Adam, first man city in Jordan valley For more info click here with which to be concerned.
1:14 I have seen all the deeds that are done under the sun; and, see, all is pointless and vexation of spiritרוּחַ
Transliteration: rûaḥ – Meaning: the wind, the breath, the mind, the spirit For more info click here.
1:15 What is crooked can’t be straightened: and what isn’t there can’t be counted.
1:16 I said to myself, saying, Look, I have acquired great wisdom, more than any of my predecessors in Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַם‎
Transliteration: yᵊrûšālam – Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lah’-im – proper locative noun meaning “teaching of peace” or possession of peace – also called the city of David and Zion – the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split For more info click here: and my mind has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
1:17 And I applied my mind to know wisdom, and to know madness and foolishness: I perceived that this too, is vexation of spiritרוּחַ
Transliteration: rûaḥ – Meaning: the wind, the breath, the mind, the spirit For more info click here.
1:18 Because with much wisdom comes much grief: and he that increases knowledge increases pain.