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Ecclesiastes 1:3 Interlinear

“ What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun”

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Ecclesiastes 1 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	מַה	H4100		properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
2	יִּתְר֖וֹן	H3504	What profit	preeminence, gain
3	לָֽאָדָ֑ם	H120	hath a man	ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
4	בְּכָל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
5	עֲמָל֔וֹ	H5999	of all his labour	toil, i.e., wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind
6	שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖ל	H5998	which he taketh	to toil, i.e., work severely and with irksomeness
7	תַּ֥חַת	H8478		the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
8	הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃	H8121	under the sun	the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement

Ecclesiastes 1:3 (current) What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun