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And this alsoוְגַם זֹהis a sicklyחוֹלָהevil:רָעָהthat exactly asכָּל עֻמַּת שֶׁhe came,בָּאsoכֵּןhe will go;יֵלֵךְand whatוּמַהprofitיִּתְרוֹןis there for himלוֹthat he toilsשֶׁיַּעֲמֹלfor the wind?לָרוּחַ
Ecclesiastes 5:16
Study it in the app“And this also is a sickly evil: that exactly as he came, so he will go; and what profit is there for him that he toils for the wind?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 5:16, word by word
- And this alsoזֹהzo
this, thus
This, thus: a word that points to something already said or about to be said.
Where else “zo” appears- is a sicklyחוֹלָהchola
be sick
To lose one's health or strength, feel ill.
Where else “chola” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- that exactly asעֻמַּתumat
alongside, close to
Beside, along with, close to.
Where else “umat” appears- he cameבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- he will goיֵלֵךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- profitיִּתְרוֹןyitron
advantage, gain
Advantage, profit: what is left over as gain.
Where else “yitron” appears- that he toilsיַּעֲמֹלyaamol
toil, labor
To toil, to work hard and wearily.
Where else “yaamol” appears- for the windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears
The context
15As he came out from the womb of his mother, naked he will go away again as he came; and nothing will he take from his toil that he may carry in his hand.
16 · This verse (above)
17Also all his days he eats in darkness, with much vexation and his sickness and wrath.