Ecclesiastes 1:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.

Young's Literal Translation
Going unto the south, and turning round unto the north, turning round, turning round, the wind is going, and by its circuits the wind hath returned.

King James Bible
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

Hebrew
Blowing
הוֹלֵךְ֙ (hō·w·lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

southward,
דָּר֔וֹם (dā·rō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1864: The south, poet, the south wind

then turning
וְסוֹבֵ֖ב (wə·sō·w·ḇêḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

northward,
צָפ֑וֹן (ṣā·p̄ō·wn)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter

round
סוֹבֵ֤ב ׀ (sō·w·ḇêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

[and] round
סֹבֵב֙ (sō·ḇêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

the wind
הָר֔וּחַ (hā·rū·aḥ)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

swirls,
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ (hō·w·lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

ever returning
שָׁ֥ב (šāḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

on
וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

[its]
הָרֽוּחַ׃ (hā·rū·aḥ)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

course.
סְבִיבֹתָ֖יו (sə·ḇî·ḇō·ṯāw)
Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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