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<< Ecclesiastes 4:8 >>
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There is
yesh (yaysh)
entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb; there is or are
one
'echad (ekh-awd')
united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
alone and there is not a second
sheniy (shay-nee')
double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again -- again, either (of them), (an-)other, second (time).
yea he hath neither child
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
nor brother
'ach (awkh)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1) -- another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other.
yet is there no end
qets (kates)
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after -- + after, (utmost) border, end, (in-)finite, process.
of all his labour
`amal (aw-mawl')
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
neither is his eye
`ayin (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
satisfied
saba` (saw-bah')
to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction -- have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
with riches
`osher (o'-sher)
wealth -- far (richer), riches.
neither saith he For whom do I labour
`amel (aw-male')
toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful -- that laboureth, that is a misery, had taken (labour), wicked, workman.
and bereave
chacer (khaw-sare')
to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen -- be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.
my soul
nephesh (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
of good
towb (tobe)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun
This is also vanity
hebel (heh'bel)
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb -- altogether, vain, vanity.
yea it is a sore
ra` (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
travail
`inyan (in-yawn')
ado, i.e. (generally) employment or (specifically) an affair -- business, travail. |
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