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Ecclesiastes 10:8-11

8חֹפֵ֥רcho.Fer[one who] digsH2658גּוּמָּ֖ץgu.Matza pitH1475בּ֣וֹboin <the> itH9003 H9033יִפּ֑וֹלyi.Polhe will fallH5307וּפֹרֵ֥ץu.fo.Retzand [one who] breaks throughH9002 H6555גָּדֵ֖רga.Dera wallH1447יִשְּׁכֶ֥נּוּyi.she.Khe.nuit will bite himH5391 H9033נָחָֽשׁ׃na.Chasha snakeH5175

9מַסִּ֣יעַma.Si.a'[one who] quarriesH5265אֲבָנִ֔ים'a.va.NimstonesH68יֵעָצֵ֖בye.'a.Tzevhe will be hurtH6087בָּהֶ֑םba.Hemby <the> themH9003 H9038בּוֹקֵ֥עַbo.Ke.a'[one who] cleavesH1234עֵצִ֖ים'e.Tzimwood<s>H6086יִסָּ֥כֶןyi.Sa.khenhe will be endangeredH5533בָּֽם׃Bamby <the> themH9003 H9038

10אִם־'im-ifH518קֵהָ֣הke.Hahit is bluntH6949הַבַּרְזֶ֗לha.bar.Zelthe iron [axe]H9009 H1270וְהוּא֙ve.Hu'and heH9002 H1931לֹא־lo'-notH3808פָנִ֣יםfa.NimfacesH6440קִלְקַ֔לkil.Kalhe has sharpenedH7043וַחֲיָלִ֖יםva.cha.ya.Limand strength<s>H9002 H2428יְגַבֵּ֑רye.ga.Berhe will make strongH1396וְיִתְר֥וֹןve.yit.Ronand [is] advantageH9002 H3504הַכְשֵׁ֖רhakh.Sheirto give successH3787חָכְמָֽה׃chokh.mahwisdomH2451

11אִם־'im-ifH518יִשֹּׁ֥ךְyi.Shokhit will biteH5391הַנָּחָ֖שׁha.na.Chashthe snakeH9009 H5175בְּלוֹא־be.lo'-with notH9003 H3808לָ֑חַשׁLa.chashcharmingH3908וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH9002 H369יִתְר֔וֹןyit.Ron[is] profitH3504לְבַ֖עַלle.Va.'alfor [the] master ofH9005 H1167הַלָּשֽׁוֹן׃ha.la.Shonthe tongueH9009 H3956

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