InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Ecc C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12
Ecc 1 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18
OET-LV It_is_going to the_south and_it_is_circling to the_north circling_around circling_around the_wind is_going and_on its_of_circuits the_wind is_returning.
OET (OET-RV) Going to the south then around to the north,
⇔ the wind is going, changing, turning,
⇔ then it’s returning on its rounds.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / merism
אֶל דָּר֔וֹם & אֶל צָפ֑וֹן
to/towards south & to/towards north
Qoheleth is referring to all directions of the wind by naming two major components, the south and the north. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [in one direction … in another]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
הוֹלֵךְ֙ & וְסוֹבֵ֖ב & סוֹבֵ֤ב סֹבֵב֙ הוֹלֵ֣ךְ & שָׁ֥ב
blows & and,[it_is]_circling & turning turning goes & returns
Qoheleth is speaking of the wind as if it were a living thing that could intentionally go and return. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Blowing ... and blowing back ... the wind blows … continues to blow ... is blowing back]
Note 3 topic: writing-poetry
סוֹבֵ֤ב סֹבֵב֙
turning turning
Note 4 topic: translate-unknown
וְעַל־סְבִיבֹתָ֖יו
and,on its_of,circuits
OET-LV It_is_going to the_south and_it_is_circling to the_north circling_around circling_around the_wind is_going and_on its_of_circuits the_wind is_returning.
OET (OET-RV) Going to the south then around to the north,
⇔ the wind is going, changing, turning,
⇔ then it’s returning on its rounds.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.