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Whatמַהprofitיִּתְרוֹןis there for the human beingלָאָדָםin allבְּכָלhis toilעֲמָלוֹat whichשֶׁhe toilsיַּעֲמֹלunderתַּחַתthe sun?הַשָּׁמֶשׁ
Ecclesiastes 1:3
Study it in the app“What profit is there for the human being in all his toil at which he toils under the sun?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 1:3, word by word
- profitיִּתְרוֹןyitron
advantage, gain
Advantage, profit: what is left over as gain.
Where else “yitron” appears- is there for the human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- his toilעֲמָלamal
toil
Exhausting effort and what it earns.
Where else “amal” appears- he toilsיַּעֲמֹלyaamol
toil, labor
To toil, to work hard and wearily.
Where else “yaamol” appears- the sunשָּׁמֶשׁshamesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shamesh” appears
The context
2“Vapor of vapors,” says Qohelet, “vapor of vapors; everything is vapor.”
3 · This verse (above)
4A generation goes, and a generation comes, and the earth stands forever.