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What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? (KJV)

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מַה\־mah-what?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:3 word 1

יִּתְר֖וֹןyit.Ronprofit

Lemma: יִתְרוֹן (yit.ron) · Strong's: H3504

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

Meaning: advantage

Used 10 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:13, Ecclesiastes 3:9, Ecclesiastes 5:9, Ecclesiastes 5:16, Ecclesiastes 7:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3504; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:3 word 2

לָֽאָדָ֑םla.'a.Dam[belongs] to <the> humankind

Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120G

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

Meaning: man

Used 529 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0120G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:3 word 3

בְּכָל\־be.kholin all

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

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

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 1:3 word 4

עֲמָל֔וֹa.ma.Lotoil his

Lemma: עָמָל (a.mal) · Strong's: H5999

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: trouble

Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 41:51, Numbers 23:21, Deuteronomy 26:7, Judges 10:16, Job 3:10, Job 4:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5999; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:3 word 5

שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖לshei.ya.'a.Molthat he toils

Lemma: עָמַל (a.mal) · Strong's: H5998

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to toil

Used 11 times. Also: Psalms 127:1, Proverbs 16:26, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:19, Ecclesiastes 2:20, Ecclesiastes 2:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5998; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:3 word 6

תַּ֥חַתTa.chatunder

Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478G

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

Meaning: underneath: under

Used 238 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 18:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8478G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:3 word 7

הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ\׃ha.Sha.meshthe sun

Lemma: שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (she.mesh) · Strong's: H8121

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: sun

Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 15:12, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:23, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 32:31, Genesis 37:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8121; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 1:3 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

What	→	מָה H4100 what?
does a man	→	אָדָם H0120G man
gain	→	יִתְרוֹן H3504 advantage
from all	→	כֹּל H3605 all
his labor	→	עָמָל H5999 trouble
at which he toils	→	עָמַל H5998 to toil
under	→	תַּחַת H8478G underneath: under
the sun	→	שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ H8121 sun

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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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