Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 1:3

³What does a man gain from all his labor,

at which he toils under the sun?

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
What	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
does a man	לָֽאָדָ֑ם	lā·’ā·ḏām	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
gain	יִּתְר֖וֹן	yiṯ·rō·wn	Noun - masculine singular	H3504 advantage, profit
from all	בְּכָל־	bə·ḵāl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
his labor	עֲמָל֔וֹ	‘ă·mā·lōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5999 trouble, labour, toil
at which he toils	שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖ל	še·ya·‘ă·mōl	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5998 labour, toil
under	תַּ֥חַת	ta·ḥaṯ	Preposition	H8478 the under part
the sun	הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃	haš·šā·meš	Article; Noun - common singular	H8121 sun

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.