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Ecclesiastes 5:12 - or

Ecclesiastes 5:12 - The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
The sleep	H8142	שֵׁנָה	[Noun Feminine] from H3462; sleep
of a labouring man	H5647	עָבַד	[Verb] to work (in any sense); by implication to {serve} {till } (causatively) {enslave} etc.
is sweet	H4966	מָתוֹק	[Adjective] sweet
whether	H518	אִם	used very widely as {demonstrative} lo !; {interrogitive} whether ?; or {conditional} if: although; also Oh {that !} when; hence as a {negative} not
he eat	H398	אָכַל	[Verb] to eat (literally or figuratively)
little	H4592	מְעַט	a little or few (often adverbial or comparative)
or	H518	אִם	used very widely as {demonstrative} lo !; {interrogitive} whether ?; or {conditional} if: although; also Oh {that !} when; hence as a {negative} not
much	H7235	רָבָה	[Verb] to increase (in whatever respect)
but the abundance	H7647	שָׂבָע	[Noun Masculine] copiousness
of the rich	H6223	עָשִׁיר	[Adjective] {rich} whether literally or figuratively (noble)
will not	H369	אַיִן	[Neuter] a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
suffer	H5117	נוּחַ	[Verb] to {rest} that {is} settle down; used in a great variety of {applications} literally and {figuratively} {intransitively} transitively and causatively (to {dwell} stay: let {fall} place: let {alone} withdraw: give {comfort} etc.)
him to sleep	H8142	שֵׁנָה	[Noun Feminine] from H3462; sleep

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.