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For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. (KJV)

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כִּ֧יkifor

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 2:23 word 1

כָל\־khol-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 2:23 word 2

יָמָ֣יוya.Mavdays his

Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: day

Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:23 word 3

מַכְאֹבִ֗יםmakh.'o.Vim[are] pains

Lemma: מַכְאוֹב (makh.ov) · Strong's: H4341

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

Meaning: pain

Used 16 times. Also: Exodus 3:7, 2 Chronicles 6:29, Job 33:19, Psalms 32:10, Psalms 38:17, Psalms 69:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4341; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:23 word 4

וָכַ֙עַס֙va.Kha.'asand [is] vexation

Lemma: כַּ֫עַס (ka.as) · Strong's: H3708A

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

Meaning: vexation

Used 21 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:19, Deuteronomy 32:27, 1 Samuel 1:6, 1 Samuel 1:16, 1 Kings 15:30, 1 Kings 21:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3708A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:23 word 5

עִנְיָנ֔וֹin.ya.Notask his

Lemma: עִנְיָן (in.yan) · Strong's: H6045

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

Meaning: task

Used 8 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 1:13, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Ecclesiastes 3:10, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Ecclesiastes 5:3, Ecclesiastes 5:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6045; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:23 word 6

גַּם\־gam-also

Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: also

Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:23 word 7

בַּלַּ֖יְלָהba.Lay.lahin the night

Lemma: לַ֫יְלָה (lay.lah) · Strong's: H3915

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

Meaning: night

Used 231 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3915; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:23 word 8

לֹא\־lo'-not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:23 word 9

שָׁכַ֣בsha.Khavit rests

Lemma: שָׁכַב (sha.khav) · Strong's: H7901H

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

Meaning: to lie down: sleep

Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 28:11, Exodus 22:27, Leviticus 14:47, Deuteronomy 24:12, Deuteronomy 24:13, Judges 16:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7901H; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:23 word 10

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 2:23 word 11

גַּם\־gam-also

Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: also

Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:23 word 12

זֶ֖הzehthis

Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088

Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)

Meaning: this

Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:23 word 13

הֶ֥בֶלHe.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 2:23 word 14

הֽוּא\׃Hu'it

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 2:23 word 15

How the BSB renders it

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

Indeed	→	כִּי H3588A for
all	→	כֹּל H3605 all
his days	→	יוֹם H3117G day
are filled with grief	→	מַכְאוֹב H4341 pain
and his task	→	עִנְיָן H6045 task
is sorrowful	→	כַּ֫עַס H3708A vexation
even	→	גַּם H1571 also
at night	→	לַ֫יְלָה H3915 night
his mind	→	לֵב H3820A heart
does not	→	לֹא H3808 not
rest	→	שָׁכַב H7901H to lie down: sleep
This	→	זֶה H2088 this
too	→	גַּם H1571 also
is futile	→	הֶ֫בֶל H1892 vanity
. . .	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it

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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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