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Hebrew wordlink #281048

OSHB Ecc 8:17 יַעֲמֹל (yaˊₐmol) Strongs=5998 Lemma=‘עָמַל’
contextual word gloss=‘he_toils’ word gloss=‘toil’
Morphology=Vqi3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-977

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Only use of identical word form ‘יַעֲמֹל’ (Morphology=Vqi3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יַעֲמֹל’ (Morphology=Vqi3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘he_toils’.

ECC 8:17 contextual word gloss=‘he_toils’ word gloss=‘toil’ OSHB ECC 8:17 word 19

OET-LV: 17 And_I _saw DOM all _of the _work _of the_ʼElohīm if/because not he _is _able the_humankind to_find _out DOM the_work which it _is _done under the_sun in_that_(to) that he _toils the_humankind to_seek and_not he _will _find _out and_also if he _will _say the _wise_person to_know not he _will _be _able to_find _out. (ECC_8:17)

OET-RV: 17 and I saw everything that God does—
⇔ realising that humanity can’t discover everything that’s done in this world—
⇔ they’ll try to discover it but fail.
⇔ Even if a wise person claimed to know,
⇔ they wouldn’t be able to discover it. (ECC 8:17)