Ecclesiastes 5:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?”

Ecclesiastes 5:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 5:169 words

HebrewMeaning

גַּ֥םgam

againparticleH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

יָמָ֖י/וyāmāyw

daynounH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

בַּ/חֹ֣שֶׁךְbaḥōšekə

darkpronH2822

night · obscurity

יֹאכֵ֑לyōʾkēl

burn upverbH398

at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···

וְ/כָעַ֥סwəkāʿas

be angryconjH3707

be grieved · take indignation · provoke (to anger · unto wrath) ···

הַרְבֵּ֖הharəbēh

abundanceverbH7235

archer (by mistake for

וְ/חָלְי֥/וֹwəḥāləywō

diseaseconjH2483

grief · sick

וָ/קָֽצֶףwāqāṣep

foamconjH7110

indignation · sore · wrath

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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