Ecclesiastes 6:4 Go deeper

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For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. (KJV)

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כִּֽי\־ki-for

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 6:4 word 1

בַהֶ֥בֶלva.He.velin <the> 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 6:4 word 2

בָּ֖אba'it 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 6:4 word 3

וּבַחֹ֣שֶׁךְu.va.Cho.shekhand in <the> darkness

Lemma: חֹ֫שֶׁךְ (cho.shekh) · Strong's: H2822

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

Meaning: darkness

Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:18, Exodus 10:21, Exodus 10:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2822; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 6:4 word 4

יֵלֵ֑ךְye.Lekhit 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 6:4 word 5

וּבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְu.va.Cho.shekhand in <the> darkness

Lemma: חֹ֫שֶׁךְ (cho.shekh) · Strong's: H2822

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

Meaning: darkness

Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:18, Exodus 10:21, Exodus 10:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2822; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 6:4 word 6

שְׁמ֥וֹshe.Moname its

Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034

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

Meaning: name

Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 6:4 word 7

יְכֻסֶּֽה\׃ye.khu.Sehit is covered

Lemma: כָּסָה (ka.sah) · Strong's: H3680

Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVPi3ms)

Meaning: to cover

Used 151 times. Also: Genesis 7:19, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 18:17, Genesis 24:65, Genesis 37:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3680; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 6:4 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
[a stillborn child] enters	→	בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come
in futility	→	הֶ֫בֶל H1892 vanity
and departs	→	הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went
in darkness	→	חֹ֫שֶׁךְ H2822 darkness
and his name	→	שֵׁם H8034 name
is shrouded	→	כָּסָה H3680 to cover
in obscurity	→	חֹ֫שֶׁךְ H2822 darkness

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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