Eccles. 1:3 in context
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Eccles. 1:2      Eccles. 1:4

Ecclesiastes 1:3

[Verses 3-11 describe the transience of life. By describing the human life cycle, the water cycle, and the course of nature, the author shows how little influence the individual has. Throughout the book, there are two perspectives: under the sun and under the heavens. In the first perspective, “under the sun” (i.e., purely human – without God), life is meaningless. But in the higher perspective “under the heavens” (when God is also included in the equation), there is meaning, see Eccles. 3:1!]
What profit has a man from all his labor
in which he labors under the sun?
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Hebrew Masoretic text (MA), Read from right to left

מַה   יִּתְרוֹן   לָאָדָם   בְּכָל   עֲמָלוֹ   שֶׁיַּעֲמֹל   תַּחַת   הַשָּׁמֶשׁ  

Greek Septuagint (LXX), Read from left to right

τίς περισσεία τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐν παντὶ μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ ᾧ μοχθεῖ ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον

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Strongs nr Hebrew English Grammar Code
H4100
H9014
 מַה (mah-)
־
what?
link
Particle – interrogative Particle (Interrogative)

 Pi
H3504
 יִּתְר֖וֹן (jitervón)
 advantage
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Ncbsa
H9005
H0120
 לָֽ (la)
אָדָ֑ם (adam)
 to
man
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Rd
Ncbsa
H9003
H3605
H9014
 בְּ (be)
כָל (khal-)
־
in
all
link
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

R
Ncbsc
H5999
H9023
 עֲמָל֔ (amal)
וֹ (vó)
 trouble
his
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

Suffix Suffix
pron. 3p ♂ sing. Pronominal third person masculine singular

Ncbsc
Sp3ms
H9007
H5998
 שֶֽׁ (she)
יַּעֲמֹ֖ל (jaamól)
 which
to toil
Particle – relative Particle (Relative)

Verb Verb
qal 3p ♂ sing. qal third person masculine singular

Tr
Vqi3ms
H8478
 תַּ֥חַת (tachat)
 underneath
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

Ncbsc
H9009
H8121
H9016
 הַ (ha)
שָּֽׁמֶשׁ (shamesh)
׃
the
sun
verseEnd
Particle Particle (Definite Article)

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Td
Ncbsa

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