■ Everything (that people assert) rests on illusion or error (cf. 1:10*).8 ■ Everything (people? [cf. 1:4*]—the world?) is transitory.9 In regard to the use of the expression הֶבֶל hebel,10 1:12–2:26* and 3:10–12:7* can be read as different “interpretations” of the motto in 1:2* (and 12:8*): whereas 1:12–2:26* illustrates the possibility of understanding it as a derogatory judgment on the whole of living reality (הֶבֶל hebel = “futile”), the following text beginning with 3:10* suggests