Ecclesiastes 1:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

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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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 a race. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, 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 they went, and 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 people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still 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 the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
Ps 42:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)}, Maschil{H8688)}, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth{H8799)} after the water brooks, so panteth{H8799)} 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{H8735)} for ever as the moon, and as a faithful{H8737)} witness in heaven. Selah.
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 do creep forth. 21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. 22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
Jer 33:20 : 20 Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;

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