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Ecclesiastes 1:2-11

2VanityH1892ofvanitiesH1892, saiththePreacher;vanityH1892ofvanitiesH1892,allisvanityH1892.

3Whatprofitיִּתְר֖וֹןyit.RonH3504hathmanH120ofallhislaborH5999whereinhelaborethunderthesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121?

4Onegenerationדּ֤וֹרDorH1755goeth,andanothergenerationוְד֣וֹרve.DorH1755cometh;buttheearthוְהָאָ֖רֶץve.ha.'A.retzH776abidethforeverלְעוֹלָ֥םle.'o.LamH5769.

5Thesunהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁha.She.meshH8121alsoariseth,andthesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121goeth down,andhastethtoitsplaceמְקוֹמ֔וֹme.ko.MoH4725whereitariseth.

6Thewindהָר֔וּחַha.Ru.achH7307goethtowardthesouthדָּר֔וֹםda.RomH1864,andturnethaboutuntothenorthצָפ֑וֹןtza.FonH6828;itturnethaboutcontinuallyinitscourse,andthewindהָרֽוּחַ׃ha.Ru.achH7307returnethagaintoitscircuits.

7Alltheriversrunintotheseaהַיָּ֔םhai.YamH3220,yettheseaוְהַיָּ֖םve.hai.YamH3220isnotfullמָלֵ֑אma.Le'H4392; untotheplaceמְק֗וֹםme.KomH4725whithertheriversgoH1980, thithertheygoH1980again.

8Allthingsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697arefullH4390ofweariness;manH376cannotutterit:theeyeעַ֙יִן֙'a.yinH5869isnotsatisfiedH7646withseeingלִרְא֔וֹתlir.'otH7200,northeearאֹ֖זֶן'O.zenH241filledתִמָּלֵ֥אti.ma.Le'H4390withhearing.

9ThatwhichhathbeenH1961isthatwhichshallbeH1961;andthatwhichhathbeenH1961doneisthatwhichshallbeH1961done:andthereisnonewחָדָ֖שׁcha.DashH2319thingunderthesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.

10IsthereathingH1697whereofitmaybeH1961saidשֶׁיֹּאמַ֥רshei.yo.MarH559,Seeרְאֵה־re.'eh-H7200,thisisnewחָדָ֣שׁcha.DashH2319?ithathbeenH1961longH5769agoH5769,intheageswhichwerebeforeus.

11Thereisnoremembranceזִכְר֖וֹןzikh.RonH2146oftheformerלָרִאשֹׁנִ֑יםla.ri.sho.NimH7223generations;neithershalltherebeH1961anyremembranceזִכָּר֔וֹןzi.ka.RonH2146ofthelatterH314generationsthataretocome,amongthosethatshallcomeafter.

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