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Ecclesiastes 2:15

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Masoretic Text 1524

H559 said ואמרתי
H589 I אני
H3820 in my heart בלבי
H4745 As it happeneth כמקרה
H3684 to the fool הכסיל
H1571 even גם
H589 was I אני
H7136   יקרני
H4100 to me and why ולמה
H2449 wise חכמתי
H589 I אני
H227 Then אז
H3148 more יותר
H1696   ודברתי
H3820 in my heart בלבי
H1571   שׁגם
H2088 that this זה
H1892 is vanity הבל׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H227 Then
H559 said
  in
  my
H3820 heart
  As
  it
H4745 happeneth
  to
  the
H3684 fool
  so
  it
H4745 happeneth
H1571 even
  to
  me
  and
  was
H227 then
H3148 more
H2449 wise
H227 Then
H559 said
  in
  my
H3820 heart
  that
H2088 this
H7945 also
  is
H1892 vanity

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:  

properly interrogitive what ? (including {how ?} why ? and when ?); but also exclamations like what ! (including {how !}) or indefinitely what (including {whatever} and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational sneses

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
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.