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Forכִּיwhatמֶהis thereהֹוֶהfor the manלָאָדָםin allבְּכָלhis toilעֲמָלוֹand in the strivingוּבְרַעְיוֹןof his heartלִבּוwith whichשֶׁheהוּאtoilsעָמֵלunderתַּחַתthe sun?הַשָּׁמֶשׁ
Ecclesiastes 2:22
Study it in the app“For what is there for the man in all his toil and in the striving of his heart with which he toils under the sun?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 2:22, word by word
- is thereהֹוֶהhove
be
To exist or be in a certain state; to come to be something.
Where else “hove” appears- for the manאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- his toilעֲמָלamal
toil
Exhausting effort and what it earns.
Where else “amal” appears- and in the strivingרַעְיוֹןraon
striving, thought
Striving, effort; a thought or longing (as in "chasing after wind" or "striving of the heart").
Where else “raon” appears- of his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- toilsעָמֵלamel
laborer
A person who toils at work until worn out.
Where else “amel” 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
21For there is a man whose toil is with wisdom and with knowledge and with skill, and to a man who has not toiled for it he will give it as his portion. This too is vapor and a great evil.
22 · This verse (above)
23For all his days are pains, and his occupation is vexation; even at night his heart does not lie down. This too is vapor.