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Ecclesiastes 3:12

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3045 I know ידעתי

H3588 that כי

H369 there is no אין

H2896 good טוב

H3588 for בם כי

H518 in them but אם

H8055 a man to rejoice לשׂמוח

H6213 and to do ולעשׂות

H2896 good טוב

H2416 in his life בחייו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3045 know

H3588 that

there

H369 no

H2896 good

them

H518 but

H3588 for

man

H8055 rejoice

and

H6213 do

H2896 good

his

H2416 life

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H518

Hebrew: אִם

Transliteration: ʼim

Pronunciation: eem

Bible Usage: ({and} {can-} {doubtless} {if} that) ({not}) + {but} {either} + {except} + more (-over {if} {than}) {neither} {nevertheless} {nor} oh {that} {or} + save ({only} {-ing}) {seeing} {since} {sith} + surely (no {more} {none} {not}) {though} + of a {truth} + {unless} + {verily} {when} {whereas} {whether} {while} + yet.

Definition:

used very widely as {demonstrative} lo !; {interrogitive} whether ?; or {conditional} if: although; also Oh {that !} when; hence as a {negative} not

1. if

a. conditional clauses

1. of possible situations

2. of impossible situations

b. oath contexts

1. no, not

c. if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or

d. when, whenever

e. since

f. interrogative particle

g. but rather

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