Ecclesiastes 5:9 Go deeper
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Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. (KJV)
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וְיִתְר֥וֹןve.yit.Ronand [the] profit of
Lemma: יִתְרוֹן (yit.ron) · Strong's: H3504
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: advantage
Used 10 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 1:3, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:13, Ecclesiastes 3:9, Ecclesiastes 5:16, Ecclesiastes 7:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3504; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:9 word 1
אֶ֖רֶץ'E.retza land
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:9 word 2
בַּכֹּ֣לba.Kol[is] in <the> everything
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
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 5:9 word 3
מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekha king
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:9 word 4
לְשָׂדֶ֖הle.sa.Dehto a field
Lemma: שָׂדֶה (sa.deh) · Strong's: H7704G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: land: country
Used 295 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7704G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:9 word 5
נֶעֱבָֽד\׃ne.'e.Vadhe has been served
Lemma: עָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H5647I
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNp3ms)
Meaning: to serve: labour
Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:15, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:12, Exodus 20:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5647I; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 5:9 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The produce | → | יִתְרוֹן H3504 advantage |
| of the earth | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| is taken by all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| . . . | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| the king himself | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| profits | → | עָבַד H5647I to serve: labour |
| from the fields | → | שָׂדֶה H7704G land: country |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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