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Ecclesiastes 10:5-7

5There isיֵ֣שׁyeshH3426an evilרָעָ֔הra.'AhH7451I have seenרָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiH7200underתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478the sunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121—an errorכִּשְׁגָגָ֕הkish.ga.GahH7684that proceedsשֶׁיֹּצָ֖אshei.yo.Tza'H3318fromמִלִּפְנֵ֥יmi.lif.NeiH6440the rulerהַשַּׁלִּֽיט׃ha.sha.LitH7989:

6Follyהַסֶּ֔כֶלha.Se.khelH5529is appointedנִתַּ֣ןni.TanH5414to greatרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227heightsבַּמְּרוֹמִ֖יםba.me.ro.MimH4791,but the richוַעֲשִׁירִ֖יםva.'a.shi.RimH6223sitיֵשֵֽׁבוּ׃ye.She.vuH3427in lowly positionsבַּשֵּׁ֥פֶלba.She.felH8216.

7I have seenרָאִ֥יתִיra.'I.tiH7200slavesעֲבָדִ֖ים'a.va.DimH5650onעַל־'al-H5921horsebackסוּסִ֑יםsu.SimH5483,while princesוְשָׂרִ֛יםve.sa.RimH8269goהֹלְכִ֥יםho.le.KhimH1980onעַל־'al-H5921footהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776like slavesכַּעֲבָדִ֖יםka.'a.va.DimH5650.

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