in.yan denotes an occupation or matter that occupies human attention, often viewed as burdensome.

The occurrences present in.yan as a human occupation or matter that occupies attention: it can be assigned by God, pursued through labor, or observed as a troubling concern under the sun.

1. An occupying human concern or undertaking · dominant

   In Ecclesiastes 1:13 and Ecclesiastes 3:10, the absolute noun occurs in statements about what God has given people to be occupied with; the APB renders these contexts with "task." In Ecclesiastes 2:26 the matter involves gathering and collecting, while Ecclesiastes 4:8 and Ecclesiastes 8:16 place it amid unending toil and sustained observation of what is done on earth.

   Ecclesiastes 1:13Ecclesiastes 2:26Ecclesiastes 3:10Ecclesiastes 4:8Ecclesiastes 8:16Ecclesiastes 2:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: Its precise rendering of the noun is not always isolable. In Ecclesiastes 1:13, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Ecclesiastes 3:10, and Ecclesiastes 8:16, it presents the surrounding context with "task"; Ecclesiastes 4:8 instead describes an "unhappy business."