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And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? (KJV)

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וְגַם\־ve.gam-and 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 5:16 word 1

זֹה֙zohthis

Lemma: זֹה (zoh) · Strong's: H2090

Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)

Meaning: this

Used 11 times. Also: Judges 18:4, 2 Samuel 11:25, 1 Kings 14:5, 2 Kings 6:19, Ecclesiastes 2:2, Ecclesiastes 2:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2090; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:16 word 2

רָעָ֣הra.'Ah[is] an evil

Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7451I

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

Meaning: distress: evil

Used 147 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:4, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 50:15, Genesis 50:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7451I; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:16 word 3

חוֹלָ֔הcho.Lahsevere

Lemma: חָלָה (cha.lah) · Strong's: H2470I

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrfsa)

Meaning: be weak: grieved

Used 12 times. Also: 1 Samuel 22:8, Psalms 77:10, Ecclesiastes 5:13, Isaiah 17:11, Isaiah 53:10, Jeremiah 4:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2470I; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:16 word 4

כָּל\־kol-like

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 5:16 word 5

עֻמַּ֥ת'u.Matexactly as

Lemma: עֻמָּה (um.mah) · Strong's: H5980

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: close

Used 32 times. Also: Exodus 25:27, Exodus 28:27, Exodus 37:14, Exodus 38:18, Exodus 39:20, Leviticus 3:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5980; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:16 word 6

שֶׁבָּ֖אshe.Ba'[that] which <he> came

Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G

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

Meaning: to come (in): come

Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:16 word 7

כֵּ֣ןkenso

Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: so

Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:16 word 8

יֵלֵ֑ךְye.Lekhhe will go

Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G

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

Meaning: to go: went

Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:16 word 9

וּמַה\־u.mah-and 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 5:16 word 10

יִּתְר֣וֹןyit.Ron[is the] profit

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

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

Meaning: advantage

Used 10 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 1:3, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:13, Ecclesiastes 3:9, Ecclesiastes 5:9, Ecclesiastes 7:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3504; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:16 word 11

שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖לshei.ya.'a.Molthat he will toil

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 1:3, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:19, Ecclesiastes 2:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5998; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:16 word 12

לָרֽוּחַ\׃la.Ru.achfor the wind

Lemma: רוּחַ (ru.ach) · Strong's: H7307H

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

Meaning: spirit: breath

Used 145 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:15, Genesis 7:22, Genesis 8:1, Exodus 10:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7307H; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:16 word 13

How the BSB renders it

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

This	→	זֹה H2090 this
too	→	גַּם H1571 also
is a grievous	→	חָלָה H2470I be weak: grieved
affliction	→	רָעָה H7451I distress: evil
Exactly as	→	כֹּל H3605 all
. . .	→	עֻמָּה H5980 close
a man is born	→	בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come
so	→	כֵּן H3651C so
he will depart	→	הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went
What	→	מָה H4100 what?
does he gain	→	יִתְרוֹן H3504 advantage
as he toils	→	עָמַל H5998 to toil
for the wind	→	רוּחַ H7307H spirit: breath

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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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