Vanity of vanities, all is vanity
Everything is worthless. There is no meaning to all things.
("Vanity of vanities, says Kohelet; vanity of vanities, all is vanity" - Ecclesiastes 1:2, and likewise: "Not all is vanity, my daughter,/ not all is vanity and futility" - Natan Alterman/ Ending, "Meaningless, said Kohelet./ Meaningless, and all is meaningless... These are the words of Kohelet/ and all the rest is vanity of vanities" - Binyamin Galai/ Generation on Earth)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֶבֶל הֲבָלִים הַכֹּל הָבֶל
Definition (Hebrew)
הַכֹּל חֲסַר עֵרֶךְ. אֵין כָּל מַשְׁמָעוּת לְכָל הַדְּבָרִים.
("הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים אָמַר קֹהֶלֶת הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים הַכֹּל הָבֶל"- קֹהֶלֶת א ב, וְכֵן:"לֹא הַכֹּל הֲבָלִים, בִּתִּי,/ לֹא הַכֹּל הֲבָלִים וְהֶבֶל"- נָתָן אַלְתֶּרְמָן/ סִיּוּם, "חֲסַר מַשְׁמָעוּת, אָמַר קֹהֶלֶת./ חֲסַר מַשְׁמָעוּת, וְהַכֹּל חֲסַר מַשְׁמָעוּת...אֵלֶּה דִּבְרֵי קֹהֶלֶת/ וְכָל הַשְּׁאָר הֶבֶל הֲבָלִים"-בִּנְיָמִין גַּלַּאי/ דּוֹר בָּאָרֶץ)