Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 5:16 Interlinear
“ And this evil also is a sore that in all points as he came and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְגַם | H1571 | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | |
| 2 | זֹה֙ | H2090 | And this | this or that |
| 3 | רָעָ֣ה | H7451 | evil | bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) |
| 4 | חוֹלָ֔ה | H2470 | also is a sore | properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to stroke (in flattering), entreat |
| 5 | כָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 6 | עֻמַּ֥ת | H5980 | that in all points | conjunction, i.e., society; mostly adverb or preposition (with prepositional prefix), near, beside, along with |
| 7 | שֶׁבָּ֖א | H935 | as he came | to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) |
| 8 | כֵּ֣ן | H3651 | properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner | |
| 9 | יֵלֵ֑ךְ | H1980 | to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | |
| 10 | וּמַה | H4100 | properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and | |
| 11 | יִּתְר֣וֹן | H3504 | and what profit | preeminence, gain |
| 12 | ל֔וֹ | H0 | ||
| 13 | שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖ל | H5998 | hath he that hath laboured | to toil, i.e., work severely and with irksomeness |
| 14 | לָרֽוּחַ׃ | H7307 | for the wind | wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the |
Verse Context
Ecclesiastes 5:15 As he came forth womb of his mother's naked shall he return...
Ecclesiastes 5:16 (current) And this evil also is a sore that in all points as he came and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind
Ecclesiastes 5:17 All his days in darkness also he eateth sorrow...