Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 1:9

⁹What has been will be again,

and what has been done will be done again;

there is nothing new under the sun.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
What	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
has been	שֶּֽׁהָיָה֙	še·hā·yāh	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
will be again	שֶׁיִּהְיֶ֔ה	še·yih·yeh	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
and what	וּמַה־	ū·mah-	Conjunctive waw; Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
has been done	שֶׁנַּֽעֲשָׂ֔ה	šen·na·‘ă·śāh	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
will be done again	שֶׁיֵּעָשֶׂ֑ה	še·yê·‘ā·śeh	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
there is nothing	וְאֵ֥ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
new	חָדָ֖שׁ	ḥā·ḏāš	Adjective - masculine singular	H2319 new
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.