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Ecclesiastes 1:3 — King James Version← Study notes

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?


Ecclesiastes 1:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 1:38 words
HebrewMeaning
מַהmah
how (longparticleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
יִּתְר֖וֹןyitərwōn
betternounH3504
excellency · profit
לָֽ/אָדָ֑םlāʾādām
man (meanpronH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
בְּ/כָלbəkāl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עֲמָל֔/וֹʿămālwō
grievancenounH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
שֶֽׁ/יַּעֲמֹ֖לšeyaʿămōl
labourparticleH5998
תַּ֥חַתtaḥat
aspronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁhašāmeš
sunparticleH8121
east side · west · window. See also
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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