Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 3:15

¹⁵What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
What exists	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
has already	כְּבָ֣ר	kə·ḇār	Adverb	H3528 already
been	שֶּֽׁהָיָה֙	še·hā·yāh	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
and what	וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר	wa·’ă·šer	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
will be	לִהְי֖וֹת	lih·yō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
has already	כְּבָ֣ר	kə·ḇār	Adverb	H3528 already
been	הָיָ֑ה	hā·yāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
for God	וְהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים	wə·hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
will call to account	יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ	yə·ḇaq·qêš	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1245 seek
what has passed	נִרְדָּֽף׃	nir·dāp̄	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H7291 pursue, chase, persecute

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.