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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְגַםH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
2זֹה֙H2090And thisthis or that
3רָעָ֣הH7451evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
4חוֹלָ֔הH2470also is a soreproperly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to stroke (in flattering), entreat
5כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
6עֻמַּ֥תH5980that in all pointsconjunction, i.e., society; mostly adverb or preposition (with prepositional prefix), near, beside, along with
7שֶׁבָּ֖אH935as he cameto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
8כֵּ֣ןH3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
9יֵלֵ֑ךְH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
10וּמַהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
11יִּתְר֣וֹןH3504and what profitpreeminence, gain
12ל֔וֹH0
13שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖לH5998hath he that hath labouredto toil, i.e., work severely and with irksomeness
14לָרֽוּחַ׃H7307for the windwind; 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...

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