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Ecclesiastes 1:3

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Masoretic Text 1524

H4100 What מה

H3504 profit יתרון

H120 hath a man לאדם

H3605 of all בכל

H5999 his labour עמלו

H5998 שׁיעמל

H8478 under תחת

H8121 the sun השׁמשׁ׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H4100 What

H3504 profit

hath

H120 man

H3605 all

his

H5999 labour

which

H7945 taketh

H8478 under

the

H8121 sun

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H4100

Hebrew: מָה

Transliteration: mâh

Pronunciation: maw

Bible Usage: how ({long} {oft} {[-soever]}) [no-] {thing} what ({end} {good} {purpose} {thing}) whereby ({-fore} {-in} {-to} {-with}) (for) why.

Definition:

interr pron

1. what, how, of what kind

a. (interrogative)

1. what?

2. of what kind

3. what? (rhetorical)

4. whatsoever, whatever, what

b. (adverb)

1. how, how now

2. why

3. how! (exclamation)

c. (with prep)

1. wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?

2. because of what?

3. the like of what? 1c

d. how much?, how many?, how often? 1c

e. for how long?

1. for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?

2. until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore? indef pron

2. anything, aught, what may

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906