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Ecclesiastes 2:20 Interlinear

“Therefore I went about to cause my heart of all the labour which I took under the sun”

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Ecclesiastes 2 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְסַבּ֥וֹתִֽי	H5437	Therefore I went about	to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
2	אֲנִ֖י	H589		i
3	לְיַאֵ֣שׁ	H2976	to cause	to desist, i.e., (figuratively) to despond
4	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
5	לִבִּ֑י	H3820	my heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
6	עַ֚ל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
7	כָּל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
8	הֶ֣עָמָ֔ל	H5999	of all the labour	toil, i.e., wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind
9	שֶׁעָמַ֖לְתִּי	H5998	which I took	to toil, i.e., work severely and with irksomeness
10	תַּ֥חַת	H8478		the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
11	הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃	H8121	under the sun	the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement

Ecclesiastes 2:20 (current)Therefore I went about to cause my heart of all the labour which I took under the sun