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Ecclesiastes 6:7 Interlinear

“ All the labour of man is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not filled”

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Ecclesiastes 6 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כָּל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
2	עֲמַ֥ל	H5999	All the labour	toil, i.e., wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind
3	הָאָדָ֖ם	H120	of man	ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
4	לְפִ֑יהוּ	H6310	is for his mouth	the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
5	וְגַם	H1571		properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
6	הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ	H5315	and yet the appetite	properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
7	לֹ֥א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
8	תִמָּלֵֽא׃	H4390	is not filled	to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

Ecclesiastes 6:7 (current) All the labour of man is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not filled