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Ecclesiastes 2:11

Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:11
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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)

וּפָנִ֣יתִֽי אֲנִ֗י בְּכָל־מַעֲשַׂי֙ שֶֽׁעָשׂ֣וּ יָדַ֔י וּבֶֽעָמָ֖ל שֶׁעָמַ֣לְתִּי לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת וְהִנֵּ֨ה הַכֹּ֥ל הֶ֙בֶל֙ וּרְע֣וּת ר֔וּחַ וְאֵ֥ין יִתְר֖וֹן תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

  1. וּפָנִ֣יתִֽיu.fa.Ni.ti“and I turned”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular · from פָּנָה · “to turn” · Strong's H6437G
  2. אֲנִ֗י'a.Ni“I”
    Pronoun, personal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from אֲנִי, אָֽנֹכִ֫י · “I” · Strong's H0589
  3. בְּכָל־be.khol“on all”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from כֹּל · “all” · Strong's H3605
  4. מַעֲשַׂי֙ma.'a.Sai“works my”
    Noun, masculine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from מַעֲשֶׂה · “work” · Strong's H4639G
  5. שֶֽׁעָשׂ֣וּshe.'a.Su“that <they> had done”
    Particle, relative + Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural · from עָשָׂה · “do” · Strong's H6213A
  6. יָדַ֔יya.Dai“hands my”
    Noun, both genders, dual, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from יָד · “hand” · Strong's H3027G
  7. וּבֶֽעָמָ֖לu.ve.'a.Mal“and on the toil”
    Conjunction + Preposition with article + Noun, both genders, singular, absolute · from עָמָל · “trouble” · Strong's H5999
  8. שֶׁעָמַ֣לְתִּיshe.'a.Mal.ti“that I had toiled”
    Particle, relative + Verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular · from עָמַל · “to toil” · Strong's H5998
  9. לַעֲשׂ֑וֹתla.'a.Sot“to do”
    Preposition + Verb, qal, infinitive construct, common · from עָשָׂה · “do” · Strong's H6213A
  10. וְהִנֵּ֨הve.hi.Neh“and there!”
    Conjunction + Particle, interjection · from הִנֵּה · “behold” · Strong's H2009
  11. הַכֹּ֥לha.Kol“<the> everything”
    Definite article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from כֹּל · “all” · Strong's H3605
  12. הֶ֙בֶל֙he.vel“[was] futility”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from הֶ֫בֶל · “vanity” · Strong's H1892
  13. וּרְע֣וּתu.re.'Ut“and striving of”
    Conjunction + Noun, feminine, singular, construct · from רְעוּת · “longing” · Strong's H7469
  14. ר֔וּחַRu.ach“wind”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from רוּחַ · “breath” · Strong's H7307H
  15. וְאֵ֥יןve.'Ein“and there not”
    Conjunction + Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from אַ֫יִן · “nothing” · Strong's H0369
  16. יִתְר֖וֹןyit.Ron“[was] profit”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from יִתְרוֹן · “advantage” · Strong's H3504
  17. תַּ֥חַתTa.chat“under”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from תַּחַת · “under” · Strong's H8478G
  18. 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)