Ecclesiastes 1:14 - vanity and vexation of spirit

This is a brief study on a phrase used by King Solomon throughout Ecclesiastes, "vanity and vexation of spirit", that to which everything in life is compared.

Ecclesiastes 1:14 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

is vanity = he-vel = vapor, breath (habal; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb -- X altogether, vain, vanity. )
 
and vexation = reuth = from ra'ah; a feeding upon, i.e. Grasping after -- vexation.
 
of spirit = ruach = breath, wind, spirit (From ruwach; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. A sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) -- air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y). )