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I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: (KJV)

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הִגְדַּ֖לְתִּיhig.Dal.tiI made great

Lemma: גָּדַל (ga.dal) · Strong's: H1431

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhp1cs)

Meaning: to magnify

Used 116 times. Also: Genesis 12:2, Genesis 19:13, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 21:8, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 24:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1431; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:4 word 1

מַעֲשָׂ֑יma.'a.Saiworks my

Lemma: מַעֲשֶׂה (ma.a.seh) · Strong's: H4639G

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

Meaning: deed: work

Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 5:29, Genesis 40:17, Genesis 46:33, Genesis 47:3, Exodus 5:4, Exodus 5:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4639G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:4 word 2

בָּנִ֤יתִיba.Ni.tiI built

Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to build

Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:4 word 3

בָּתִּ֔יםba.Timhouses

Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B

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

Meaning: house: home

Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:4 word 4

נָטַ֥עְתִּיna.Ta'.tiI planted

Lemma: נָטַע (na.ta) · Strong's: H5193

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to plant

Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 9:20, Genesis 21:33, Exodus 15:17, Leviticus 19:23, Numbers 24:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5193; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:4 word 5

כְּרָמִֽים\׃ke.ra.Mimvineyards

Lemma: כֶּרֶם (ke.rem) · Strong's: H3754

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

Meaning: vineyard

Used 92 times. Also: Genesis 9:20, Exodus 22:5, Exodus 23:11, Leviticus 19:10, Leviticus 25:3, Leviticus 25:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3754; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:4 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

I expanded	→	גָּדַל H1431 to magnify
my pursuits	→	מַעֲשֶׂה H4639G deed: work
I built	→	בָּנָה H1129 to build
houses	→	בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home
and planted	→	נָטַע H5193 to plant
vineyards	→	כֶּרֶם H3754 vineyard
for myself	→

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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