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For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? (KJV)

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כִּ֠יkifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:22 word 1

מֶֽה\־meh-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 2:22 word 2

הֹוֶ֤הho.Veh[is] becoming

Lemma: הָוָה (ha.vah) · Strong's: H1933B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to be

Used 5 times. Also: Genesis 27:29, Nehemiah 6:6, Ecclesiastes 11:3, Isaiah 16:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1933B; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:22 word 3

לָֽאָדָם֙la.'a.Damto the person

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 2:22 word 4

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 2:22 word 5

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 2:22 word 6

וּבְרַעְי֖וֹןu.ve.ra'.Yonand in [the] striving of

Lemma: רַעְיוֹן (ra.yon) · Strong's: H7475

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

Meaning: striving

Used 3 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 1:17, Ecclesiastes 4:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7475; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:22 word 7

לִבּ֑וֹli.Boheart his

Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A

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

Meaning: heart

Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:22 word 8

שֶׁה֥וּאshe.Hu'that he

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:22 word 9

עָמֵ֖ל'a.Mel[was] a laborer

Lemma: עָמֵל (a.mel) · Strong's: H6001B

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: laborious

Used 5 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 2:18, Ecclesiastes 3:9, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Ecclesiastes 9:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6001B; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:22 word 10

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 2:22 word 11

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 2:22 word 12

How the BSB renders it

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

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
what	→	מָה H4100 what?
does a man	→	אָדָם H0120G man
get	→	הָוָה H1933B to be
for all	→	כֹּל H3605 all
the toil	→	עָמָל H5999 trouble
and striving	→	רַעְיוֹן H7475 striving
with which	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
he labors	→	עָמֵל H6001B laborious
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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