The Hebrew word is “hevel” which means vapor or smoke and you will discover what does it means in the teachings that follows.

11 мар. 2022 г. · heʹvel (literally referring to a transitory “breath” or “vapor”). This Hebrew word appears more than 35 times in the book of Ecclesiastes in ...

9 июл. 2021 г. · The actual translation for הֶבֶל, or hevel, is “vapor or breath” [2]. This masculine noun does take on different forms in various Old Testament ...

23 нояб. 2019 г. · Hevel literally means “a chasing after wind, a grasping after shadows, a wild-goose chase.”

13 мая 2022 г. · Rather than referring only to the transience of life, Ecclesiastes uses hebel also as a symbol to discuss how several situations in life mirror ...

1 мая 2024 г. · The Hebrew word there is hevel, which literally means “vapor” or “mist.” Used metaphorically, it can describe ephemerality or fleetingness, or ...

22 апр. 2024 г. · Ecclesiastes 1:2 loudly proclaims that everything is hebel (normally translated “vanity” or “meaningless”), a refrain repeated throughout the book.

The English word “vanity” translates the Hebrew theme-word hevel in the book of Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes); this concept contributes to philosophical reflection.

28 июн. 2020 г. · The word for vanity in Hebrew is hevel... and it is also sometimes translated as futility, breath, nothingness, meaningless, and vapour.