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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 6:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 6:78 words
HebrewMeaning
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עֲמַ֥לʿămal
the toil ofnounH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
הָ/אָדָ֖םhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
לְ/פִ֑י/הוּləpiyhw
is for mouth hispronH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
וְ/גַםwəgam
and alsoconjH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
הַ/נֶּ֖פֶשׁhanepeš
the appetiteparticleH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תִמָּלֵֽאtimālēʾ
it will be filledverbH4390
confirm · consecrate · be at an end · be expired ···
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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