Ecclesiastes 2:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

Young's Literal Translation
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King James Bible
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

Hebrew
I
אֲנִי֙ (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

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

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

for which
שֶׁאֲנִ֥י (še·’ă·nî)
Pronoun - relative | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

I had toiled
עֲמָלִ֔י (‘ă·mā·lî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind

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

because I must leave it
שֶׁ֣אַנִּיחֶ֔נּוּ (še·’an·nî·ḥen·nū)
Pronoun - relative | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3240: Bestow, cast down, lay down, up, leave off, let alone remain, pacify, place,

to the man
לָאָדָ֖ם (lā·’ā·ḏām)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

who comes
שֶׁיִּהְיֶ֥ה (še·yih·yeh)
Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

after me.
אַחֲרָֽי׃ (’a·ḥă·rāy)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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