Ecclesiastes 2:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?”

Ecclesiastes 2:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:2212 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֠יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

מֶֽהmeh

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

הֹוֶ֤הhōweh

beverbH1933

have

לָֽ/אָדָם֙lāʾādām

man (meanpronH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

בְּ/כָלbəkāl

all (mannerpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

עֲמָל֔/וֹʿămālwō

grievancenounH5999

iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···

וּ/בְ/רַעְי֖וֹןwbəraʿəywōn

vexationconjH7475

לִבּ֑/וlibw

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

שֶׁ/ה֥וּאšehwʾ

heparticleH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

עָמֵ֖לʿāmēl

that labourethadjH6001

that is a misery · had taken · wicked · workman

תַּ֥חַתtaḥat

aspronH8478

beneath · flat · in · place ···

הַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁhašāmeš

sunparticleH8121

east side · west · window. See also

ℹWords 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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