Ecclesiastes 1:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.

Young's Literal Translation
All the streams are going unto the sea, and the sea is not full; unto a place{.htm" title="{"> whither the streams are going, thither they are turning back to go.

King James Bible
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea [is] not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

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

the rivers
הַנְּחָלִים֙ (han·nə·ḥā·lîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft

flow
הֹלְכִ֣ים (hō·lə·ḵîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

into
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the sea,
הַיָּ֔ם (hay·yām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

yet the sea
וְהַיָּ֖ם (wə·hay·yām)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

is never
אֵינֶ֣נּוּ (’ê·nen·nū)
Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

full;
מָלֵ֑א (mā·lê)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 4392: Full, filling, fulness, fully

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the place
מְק֗וֹם (mə·qō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

from which the streams
שֶׁ֤הַנְּחָלִים֙ (še·han·nə·ḥā·lîm)
Pronoun - relative, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft

come,
הֹֽלְכִ֔ים (hō·lə·ḵîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

there
שָׁ֛ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

again
שָׁבִ֖ים (šā·ḇîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

they
הֵ֥ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

flow.
לָלָֽכֶת׃ (lā·lā·ḵeṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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