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Ecclesiastes 4

Bible in Basic English, Verse 7

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7 Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Ecclesiastes 4:7. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 38
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

וְשַׁ֧בְתִּי אֲנִ֛י וָאֶרְאֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

6 word entries
וְשַׁ֧בְתִּי
Lemma
c/7725
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal perfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H7725
Occurrences
428
אֲנִ֛י
Lemma
589
Morphology
Hebrew: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H589
Occurrences
693
וָאֶרְאֶ֥ה
Lemma
c/7200
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H7200
Occurrences
487
הֶ֖בֶל
Lemma
1892
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1892
Occurrences
58
תַּ֥חַת
Lemma
8478
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H8478
Occurrences
423
הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
Lemma
d/8121
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H8121
Occurrences
91
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Καὶ ἐπέστρεψα ἐγὼ, καὶ εἶδον ματαιότητα ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον.

9 word entries
Καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
ἐπέστρεψα
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
epestrepsa
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
10
ἐγὼ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐγώ
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
pronoun, nominative first-person singular
Gloss
I
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
First-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
11445
καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
εἶδον
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
eidon
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 1st singular or 3rd plural
Gloss
I/they saw
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To see, perceive, or look at.
Occurrences
768
ματαιότητα
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
mataioteta
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
8
ὑπὸ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ὑπό
Transliteration
hypo
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
under, by
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided form of ὑπό.
Occurrences
443
τὸν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
ἥλιον
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
helios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
sun
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Sun.
Occurrences
177
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܘܗܦܟܬ ܐܢܐ ܘܚܙܝܬ ܗܒܠܐ ܬܚܝܬ ܫܡܫܐ

6 word entries
ܘܗܦܟܬ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
whpkt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
19
ܐܢܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܐܢܐ
Transliteration
ena
Morphology
personal pronoun, first common singular
Gloss
I
Occurrences
1289
ܘܚܙܝܬ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
whzyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
58
ܗܒܠܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
hbl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
31
ܬܚܝܬ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
thyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
116
ܫܡܫܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
shmsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
99
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

וּתְבִית אֲנָא וַחֲזֵית הֲבָלוּ דְּאִתְגְּזַר לְמֶהֱוֵי בְּעָלְמָא הָדֵין תְּחוֹת שִׁמְשָׁא׃

10 word entries
וּתְבִית
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wtbyt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
20
אֲנָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אנא
Transliteration
'n'
Morphology
personal pronoun first singular
Gloss
I
Occurrences
1108
וַחֲזֵית
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wchzyt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
48
הֲבָלוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
hblw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
27
דְּאִתְגְּזַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
d'tgzr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
19
לְמֶהֱוֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmhwy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
206
בְּעָלְמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
b'lm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
549
הָדֵין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
hdyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
604
תְּחוֹת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tchwt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
145
שִׁמְשָׁא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shmsh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
136
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Considerans, reperi et aliam vanitatem sub sole.

7 word entries
considerans
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
considerans
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
111
repperi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
reperio
Transliteration
repperi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
77
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
aliam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
alius
Transliteration
aliam
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
577
vanitatem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uanitas
Transliteration
vanitatem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
69
sub
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sub
Transliteration
sub
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
330
sole
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sol
Transliteration
sole
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
201

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

3 relevance votes

Psalms 78:33

So their days were wasted like a breath, and their years in trouble.

2 relevance votes

Zechariah 1:6

But my words and my orders, which I gave to my servants the prophets, have they not overtaken your fathers? and turning back they said, As it was the purpose of the Lord of armies to do to us, in reward for our ways and our doings, so has he done.

2 relevance votes
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