Ecclesiastes 1:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְזָרַ֥ח הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ וּבָ֣א הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ וְאֶ֨ל־מְקוֹמ֔וֹ שׁוֹאֵ֛ף זוֹרֵ֥חַֽ ה֖וּא שָֽׁם׃

Transliteration

Wəzāraḥ haššemeš ûbāʾ haššāmeš wəʾel-məqômô šôʾêp zôrêaḥ hûʾ šām

Grammar Details

*Wəzāraḥ*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and rises
*haššemeš*: article + noun, feminine singular - the sun
*ûbāʾ*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and goes/sets
*wəʾel*: conjunction + preposition - and to/toward
*məqômô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its place
*šôʾêp*: verb, qal participle masculine singular - panting/eagerly desiring
*zôrêaḥ*: verb, qal participle masculine singular - rising/shining
*hûʾ*: personal pronoun 3rd masculine singular - it/he
*šām*: adverb - there

Word Meanings

*zāraḥ*: rise/shine/appear
*bāʾ*: come/go/enter/set (regarding sun)
*šôʾêp*: pant/gasp/eagerly desire/hasten

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 19:4-6 : 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heavens, And his circuit unto the ends of it; And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Hab 3:11 : 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows as they went, At the shining of thy glittering spear.
Gen 8:22 : 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Josh 10:13-14 : 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that Jehovah hearkened unto the voice of a man: for Jehovah fought for Israel.
Ps 42:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Ps 89:36-37 : 36 His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me. 37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, And [as] the faithful witness in the sky. {H5542}
Ps 104:19-23 : 19 He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down. 20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth. 21 The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God. 22 The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the evening.
Jer 33:20 : 20 Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season;

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