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Ecclesiastes 6:7 — King James Version← Study notes

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.


Ecclesiastes 6:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 6:78 words
HebrewMeaning
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עֲמַ֥לʿămal
grievancenounH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
הָ/אָדָ֖םhāʾādām
man (meanparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
לְ/פִ֑י/הוּləpiyhw
mouthpronH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
וְ/גַםwəgam
againconjH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
הַ/נֶּ֖פֶשׁhanepeš
anyparticleH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תִמָּלֵֽאtimālēʾ
accomplishverbH4390
confirm · consecrate · be at an end · be expired ···
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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