Eccles. 3:1 in context
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Eccles. 2:26      Eccles. 3:2

Ecclesiastes 3:1

[Verses 1-8 form a large chiasm. It begins in verse 1, where two different words for time are used, a definite time and an interval of time. Verses 2-8 consist of fourteen pairs. The first twelve are arranged in a neat chiastic pattern. Verse 2 begins with the positive (be born, plant). Verses 3-4 reverse this and begin with the negative (die, break down, weep, mourn). In the middle, the chiasm is mirrored. Verses 5-6 have the positive component first. Verse 7 mirrors verse 2 and thus begins with the negative component (tear apart, be silent). Verse 8 ends with its own chiasm framed by love/peace, with hate and war at the center. It is connected to verse 1, and together they frame the entire passage. Below, the positive word is highlighted in bold.
Seeing the chiasm also helps with interpretation. A time to “cast away” (Hebr. shalach) stones in verse 5 must be something positive, and therefore the most likely interpretation is that it has to do with expanding farmland [compare Isa. 5:2]. There is also a chiasm in the choice of words here; verse 6 ends with the same Hebrew word for “cast away” and indicates that verses 5-6 belong together as a smaller unit. However, the meaning in verse 6 is negative – to throw something away.] For everything there is
a set time (agreed, appointed time),
and a suitable time (period; season)
for everything pleasant (good; all joyful activities) under heaven.
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Hebrew Masoretic text (MA), Read from right to left

לַכֹּל   זְמָן   וְעֵת   לְכָל   חֵפֶץ   תַּחַת   הַשָּׁמָיִם  

Greek Septuagint (LXX), Read from left to right

τοῖς πᾶσιν χρόνος καὶ καιρὸς τῷ παντὶ πράγματι ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν

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Strongs nr Hebrew English Grammar Code
H9005
H3605
 לַ (la)
כֹּ֖ל (kól)
 to
all
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Rd
Ncbsa
H2165
 זְמָ֑ן (zeman)
 time
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Ncbsa
H9002
H6256
 וְ (ve)
עֵ֥ת (et)
 and
time
Conj. Conjunktion

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 C
Ncbsa
H9005
H3605
H9014
 לְ (le)
כָל (khal-)
־
to
all
link
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

R
Ncbsc
H2656
 חֵ֖פֶץ (chefetz)
 pleasure
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Ncbsa
H8478
 תַּ֥חַת (tachat)
 underneath
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

Ncbsc
H9009
H8064
H9016
H9018
 הַ (ha)
שָּׁמָֽיִם (shamajim)
׃
ס (s)
 the
heaven
verseEnd
section
Particle Particle (Definite Article)

Noun Noun
♂ pl. masculine plural Absolute state

 Td
Ncmpa

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