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Ecclesiastes 1:9

What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 1:9
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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

מַה־שֶּֽׁהָיָה֙ ה֣וּא שֶׁיִּהְיֶ֔ה וּמַה־שֶׁנַּֽעֲשָׂ֔ה ה֖וּא שֶׁיֵּעָשֶׂ֑ה וְאֵ֥ין כָּל־חָדָ֖שׁ תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

  1. מַה־mah-“whatever”
    Pronoun, interrogative · from מָה · “what?” · Strong's H4100
  2. שֶּֽׁהָיָה֙she.ha.Yah“<that> it has been”
    Particle, relative + Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from הָיָה · “to be” · Strong's H1961
  3. ה֣וּאhu'“it”
    Pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from הוּא · “he; she; it” · Strong's H1931
  4. שֶׁיִּהְיֶ֔הshei.yih.Yeh“[is] which <it> will be”
    Particle, relative + Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from הָיָה · “to be” · Strong's H1961
  5. וּמַה־u.mah-“and whatever”
    Conjunction + Pronoun, interrogative · from מָה · “what?” · Strong's H4100
  6. שֶׁנַּֽעֲשָׂ֔הshe.na.'a.Sah“which <it> has been done”
    Particle, relative + Verb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from עָשָׂה · “do” · Strong's H6213A
  7. ה֖וּאhu'“it”
    Pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from הוּא · “he; she; it” · Strong's H1931
  8. שֶׁיֵּעָשֶׂ֑הshei.ye.'a.Seh“[is] which <it> will be done”
    Particle, relative + Verb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from עָשָׂה · “do” · Strong's H6213A
  9. וְאֵ֥יןve.'Ein“and there not”
    Conjunction + Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from אַ֫יִן · “nothing” · Strong's H0369
  10. כָּל־kol-“[is] any”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from כֹּל · “all” · Strong's H3605
  11. חָדָ֖שׁcha.Dash“new [thing]”
    Adjective, masculine, singular, absolute · from חָדָשׁ · “new” · Strong's H2319H
  12. תַּ֥חַתTa.chat“under”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from תַּחַת · “under” · Strong's H8478G
  13. הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.mesh“the sun”
    Definite article + Noun, both genders, singular, absolute · from שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ · “sun” · Strong's H8121
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)