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Ecclesiastes 2:22 Interlinear

“ For what hath man of all his labour and of the vexation of his heart wherein he hath laboured under the sun”

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Ecclesiastes 2 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כִּ֠י	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2	מֶֽה	H4100		properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
3	הוֶֹ֤ה	H1933	For what hath	to be (in the sense of existence)
4	לָֽאָדָם֙	H120	man	ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
5	בְּכָל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
6	עֲמָל֔וֹ	H5999	of all his labour	toil, i.e., wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind
7	וּבְרַעְי֖וֹן	H7475	and of the vexation	desire
8	לִבּ֑וֹ	H3820	of his heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
9	שֶׁה֥וּא	H1931	wherein	he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
10	עָמֵ֖ל	H6001	he hath laboured	toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful
11	תַּ֥חַת	H8478		the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
12	הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃	H8121	under the sun	the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement

Ecclesiastes 2:22 (current) For what hath man of all his labour and of the vexation of his heart wherein he hath laboured under the sun