Ecclesiastes 2:21
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.”
הֶבֶל
Vanity, breath, emptiness. Hebel. A breath that vanishes, emptiness. Ecclesiastes says everything apart from God is hebel. It looks solid but it is vapor. Only God endures.
כִּי
if
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כִּי
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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נָתַן
he will give/ it
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נָתַן
To give, to grant, to permit. Nathan. God is always giving. His hand is always open.
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יֵשׁ
there
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יֵשׁ
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
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רַב
great
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רַב
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
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חֵלֶק
portion/ his
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חֵלֶק
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
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עָמַל
he toiled
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עָמַל
to toil, i.e. work severely and with irksomeness
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