What does the worker gain from his toil?Ecclesiastes 3:9
Original language and places
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Original language (Hebrew)
מַה־יִּתְרוֹן֙ הָֽעוֹשֶׂ֔ה בַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר ה֥וּא עָמֵֽל׃
- מַה־mah-“what?”Pronoun, interrogative · from מָה · “what?” · Strong's H4100
- יִּתְרוֹן֙yit.rOn“[is] [the] profit of”Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from יִתְרוֹן · “advantage” · Strong's H3504
- הָֽעוֹשֶׂ֔הha.'o.Seh“the worker”Definite article + Verb, qal, participle (active), masculine, singular, absolute · from עָשָׂה · “do” · Strong's H6213A
- בַּאֲשֶׁ֖רba.'a.Sher“in [that] which”Preposition + Particle, relative · from בַאֲשֶׁר · “in which” · Strong's H0834B
- ה֥וּאhu'“he”Pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from הוּא · “he; she; it” · Strong's H1931
- עָמֵֽל׃'a.Mel“[is] a laborer”Adjective, masculine, singular, absolute · from עָמֵל · “laborious” · Strong's H6001B
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)