Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 6:10

¹⁰Whatever exists was named long ago, and it is known what man is; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Whatever	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
exists	שֶּֽׁהָיָ֗ה	še·hā·yāh	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
was named	נִקְרָ֣א	niq·rā	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
long ago	כְּבָר֙	kə·ḇār	Adverb	H3528 already
and it is known	וְנוֹדָ֖ע	wə·nō·w·ḏā‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H3045 know
what	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
man	אָדָ֑ם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
but he	ה֣וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
cannot	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
contend	לָדִ֔ין	lā·ḏîn	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1777 judge
with	עִ֥ם	‘im	Preposition	H5973 with
one stronger	שֶׁהַתְקִיף	šɛ·haṯ·qīp̄	Pronoun - relative; Adjective - masculine singular	H8630 prevail over, overpower
than he	מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃	mim·men·nū	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.