Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 2:22 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Ecclesiastes 2:22, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“ For what hath man of all his labour and of the vexation of his heart wherein he hath laboured under the sun”
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 |
Verse Context
Ecclesiastes 2:21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom and in knowledge...
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
Ecclesiastes 2:23 For all his days are sorrows grief and his travail...