OET interlinear ECC 6:11

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Hebrew word order

1. Hebrew word
2. Hebrew lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. כִּי
2. 401491
3. If/because
4. -
6. S-C
7. if/because
8. S
9. Y-977
10. 280277
1. יֵשׁ
2. 401492
3. there +are
4. -
5. 3426
6. P-Tm
7. there_[are]
8. -
9. Y-977
10. 280278
2. 401493
3. -
4. -
6. -x-maqqef
8. -
9. -
10. 280279
1. דְּבָרִים
2. 401494
3. words/messages
4. words
5. 1697
6. S-Ncmpa
7. words
8. -
9. Y-977
10. 280280
1. הַרְבֵּה
2. 401495
3. many
4. -
6. S-Vha
7. many
8. -
9. Y-977
10. 280281
1. מַרְבִּים
2. 401496
3. which increase
4. that
6. V-Vhrmpa
7. [which]_increase
8. -
9. Y-977
10. 280282
1. הָבֶל
2. 401497
3. futility
4. -
5. 1892
6. O-Ncmsa
7. futility
8. -
9. Y-977
10. 280283
1. מַה
2. 401498
3. what
4. -
5. 4100
6. P-Ti
7. what?
8. -
9. Y-977
10. 280284
2. 401499
3. -
4. -
6. -x-maqqef
8. -
9. -
10. 280285
1. יֹּתֵר
2. 401500
3. advantage
4. advantage
5. 3148
6. S-Ncmsa
7. advantage
8. -
9. Y-977
10. 280286
1. לָ,אָדָם
2. 401501,401502
3. belongs to person
4. anyone
5. 120
6. S-Rd,Ncmsa
7. [belongs]_to,person
8. -
9. Y-977
10. 280287
2. 401503
3. -
4. -
6. -x-sof-pasuq
8. -
9. -
10. 280288

OET (OET-LV) If/because there_are words/messages many which_increase futility what advantage belongs_to_person.

OET (OET-RV) Yes, many words just become more pointless.
⇔ What advantage is that to anyone?

None

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מַרְבִּ֣ים הָ֑בֶל

increase Abel

Solomon is speaking as if many words were vaporous. He means they are futile and insubstantial. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [that are futile and insubstantial]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מַה־יֹּתֵ֖ר לָ⁠אָדָֽם

what? advantage [belongs]_to,person

Solomon is using the question form to emphasize that there is no advantage for humanity in multiplying words. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [there is no advantage for humanity.]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Hebrew word
5. Hebrew lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. If/because
2. -
3. 3482
5. 401491
6. S-C
8. S
9. Y-977
10. 280277
1. there +are
2. -
3. 3093
5. 401492
6. P-Tm
8. -
9. Y-977
10. 280278
1. words/messages
2. words
3. 1726
5. 401494
6. S-Ncmpa
8. -
9. Y-977
10. 280280
1. many
2. -
3. 7249
5. 401495
6. S-Vha
8. -
9. Y-977
10. 280281
1. which increase
2. that
3. 7249
5. 401496
6. V-Vhrmpa
8. -
9. Y-977
10. 280282
1. futility
2. -
3. 1884
5. 401497
6. O-Ncmsa
8. -
9. Y-977
10. 280283
1. what
2. -
3. 4666
5. 401498
6. P-Ti
8. -
9. Y-977
10. 280284
1. advantage
2. advantage
3. 3394
5. 401500
6. S-Ncmsa
8. -
9. Y-977
10. 280286
1. belongs to person
2. anyone
3. 3705,638
5. 401501,401502
6. S-Rd,Ncmsa
8. -
9. Y-977
10. 280287

OET (OET-LV) If/because there_are words/messages many which_increase futility what advantage belongs_to_person.

OET (OET-RV) Yes, many words just become more pointless.
⇔ What advantage is that to anyone?

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.