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Ecclesiastes 3:22
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📖 King James Version

Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

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# Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Translation Definition
1 וְ/רָאִ֗יתִי רָאָה H7200 HC/Vqp1cs רָאָה a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative): advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
2 כִּ֣י כִּי H3588 HC כִּי a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed: and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-)as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-)though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
3 אֵ֥ין אַ֫יִן H369 HTn אַ֫יִן as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle: else, except, fail, (father-)less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare מֵאַ֫יִן.
4 טוֹב֙ טוֹב H2896 HAamsa טוֹב from טוֹב; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well): beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
5 מֵ/אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲשֶׁר H834 HR/Tr אֲשֶׁר a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.: X after, X alike, as (soon as), because, X every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), X if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), X though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
6 יִשְׂמַ֤ח שָׂמַח H8055 HVqi3ms שָׂמַח a primitive root; probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome: cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, X very.
7 הָ/אָדָם֙ אָדָם H120 HTd/Ncmsa אָדָם from אָדַם; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.): X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
8 בְּֽ/מַעֲשָׂ֔י/ו מַעֲשֶׂה H4639 HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms מַעֲשֶׂה from עָשָׂה; an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
9 כִּי כִּי H3588 HC כִּי a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed: and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-)as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-)though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
10 ה֖וּא הוּא H1931 HPp3ms הוּא of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is hiyw; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular, he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are: he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
11 חֶלְק֑/וֹ חֵ֫לֶק H2506 HNcmsc/Sp3ms חֵ֫לֶק from חָלַק; properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment: flattery, inheritance, part, X partake, portion.
12 כִּ֣י כִּי H3588 HC כִּי a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed: and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-)as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-)though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
13 מִ֤י מִי H4310 HTi מִי an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מָה is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix: any (man), X he, X him, + O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), + would to God.
14 יְבִיאֶ֨/נּוּ֙ בּוֹא H935 HVhi3ms/Sp3ms בּוֹא a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications): abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
15 לִ/רְא֔וֹת רָאָה H7200 HR/Vqc רָאָה a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative): advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
16 בְּ/מֶ֖ה מָה H4100 HR/Ti מָה or mah; or ma; or ma; also meh; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses: how (long, oft, (- soever)), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
17 שֶׁ/יִּהְיֶ֥ה הָיָה H1961 HTr/Vqi3ms הָיָה a primitive root (compare הָוָה); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary): beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.
18 אַחֲרָֽי/ו אַחַר H310 HR/Sp3ms אַחַר from אָחַר; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses): after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.