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Ecclesiastes 3:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?”

Ecclesiastes 3:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 3:96 words
HebrewMeaning
מַהmah
how (longparticleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
יִּתְרוֹן֙yitərwōn
betternounH3504
excellency · profit
הָֽ/עוֹשֶׂ֔הhāʿwōśeh
accomplishparticleH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
בַּ/אֲשֶׁ֖רbaʾăšer
aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
ה֥וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
עָמֵֽלʿāmēl
that labourethadjH6001
that is a misery · had taken · wicked · workman
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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