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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. (KJV)

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הֲבֵ֤לha.Velfutility of

Lemma: הֶ֫בֶל (he.vel) · Strong's: H1892

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: vanity

Used 73 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:21, 1 Kings 16:13, 1 Kings 16:26, 2 Kings 17:15, Job 7:16, Job 9:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1892; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:2 word 1

הֲבָלִים֙ha.va.Limfutilities

Lemma: הֶ֫בֶל (he.vel) · Strong's: H1892

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: vanity

Used 73 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:21, 1 Kings 16:13, 1 Kings 16:26, 2 Kings 17:15, Job 7:16, Job 9:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1892; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:2 word 2

אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:2 word 3

קֹהֶ֔לֶתko.He.letTeacher

Lemma: קֹהֶ֫לֶת (qo.he.let) · Strong's: H6953

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: preacher

Used 7 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 1:1, Ecclesiastes 1:12, Ecclesiastes 7:27, Ecclesiastes 12:8, Ecclesiastes 12:9, Ecclesiastes 12:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6953; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:2 word 4

הֲבֵ֥לha.Velfutility of

Lemma: הֶ֫בֶל (he.vel) · Strong's: H1892

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: vanity

Used 73 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:21, 1 Kings 16:13, 1 Kings 16:26, 2 Kings 17:15, Job 7:16, Job 9:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1892; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:2 word 5

הֲבָלִ֖יםha.va.Limfutilities

Lemma: הֶ֫בֶל (he.vel) · Strong's: H1892

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: vanity

Used 73 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:21, 1 Kings 16:13, 1 Kings 16:26, 2 Kings 17:15, Job 7:16, Job 9:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1892; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:2 word 6

הַכֹּ֥לha.Kol<the> everything

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:2 word 7

הָֽבֶל\׃Ha.vel[is] futility

Lemma: הֶ֫בֶל (he.vel) · Strong's: H1892

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: vanity

Used 73 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:21, 1 Kings 16:13, 1 Kings 16:26, 2 Kings 17:15, Job 7:16, Job 9:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1892; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:2 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Futility	→	הֶ֫בֶל H1892 vanity
of futilities	→	הֶ֫בֶל H1892 vanity
says	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
the Teacher	→	קֹהֶ֫לֶת H6953 preacher
futility	→	הֶ֫בֶל H1892 vanity
of futilities	→	הֶ֫בֶל H1892 vanity
Everything	→	כֹּל H3605 all
is futile	→	הֶ֫בֶל H1892 vanity

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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