- *Mah*
- interrogative pronoun - what
- *yitrôn*
- noun, masculine singular - profit/advantage/gain
- *lāʾādām*
- preposition + article + noun, masculine singular - to the man/humanity
- *kol*
- noun, masculine singular construct - all of
- *ʿămālô*
- noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his labor/toil
- *šeyyaʿămōl*
- relative pronoun + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - that he labors/toils
- *taḥat*
- preposition - under
- *haššāmeš*
- article + noun, feminine singular - the sun