Ecclesiastes 2:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Young's Literal Translation
And I have hated life, for sad to me [is] the work{.htm" title="{"> that hath been done under the sun, for the whole [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

King James Bible
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous unto me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

Hebrew
So I hated
וְשָׂנֵ֙אתִי֙ (wə·śā·nê·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 8130: To hate

life,
הַ֣חַיִּ֔ים (ha·ḥay·yîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

because
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the work
הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה (ham·ma·‘ă·śeh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

that is done
שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂ֖ה (šen·na·‘ă·śāh)
Pronoun - relative | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

under
תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the sun
הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ (haš·šā·meš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

was grievous
רַ֤ע (ra‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

to me.
עָלַי֙ (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

everything
הַכֹּ֥ל (hak·kōl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

is futile
הֶ֖בֶל (he·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

and a pursuit
וּרְע֥וּת (ū·rə·‘ūṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7469: A feeding upon, grasping after

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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