הֶבֶל הֲבָלִים הַכֹּל הָבֶל

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Vanity of vanities, all is vanity

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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)