There is NOTHING new under the sun. Really?

[tonychanyt]

English Standard Version, Numbers 11:

6 But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.”

nothing אֵ֣ין (’ên) Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

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

The sequence/expression, אֵ֣ין כָּל־, an adverb followed by a noun, reads like an idiom. I think its purpose is to emphasize the nothingness. It appears exactly 3 times.

New American Standard Bible, 2 Samuel 12:3a

But the poor man had nothing at all except one little ewe lamb

Young's Literal Translation, Ecclesiastes 1:9

What is that which hath been? it is that which is, and what is that which hath been done? it is that which is done, and there is not an entirely new thing under the sun.

Qoheleth used the phrase to emphasize the cyclical nature of human experience and history.

There is NOTHING new under the sun. Really?

To me, there are genuinely new things. The Qoheleth was speaking philosophically.