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Ecclesiastes 10:8-11

8He who digsחֹפֵ֥רcho.FerH2658a pitגּוּמָּ֖ץgu.MatzH1475may fallיִפּ֑וֹלyi.PolH5307into it,and he who breachesוּפֹרֵ֥ץu.fo.RetzH6555a wallגָּדֵ֖רga.DerH1447may be bittenיִשְּׁכֶ֥נּוּyi.she.Khe.nuH5391by a snakeנָחָֽשׁ׃na.ChashH5175.

9The one who quarriesמַסִּ֣יעַma.Si.a'H5265stonesאֲבָנִ֔ים'a.va.NimH68may be injuredיֵעָצֵ֖בye.'a.TzevH6087by them,and he who splitsבּוֹקֵ֥עַbo.Ke.a'H1234logsעֵצִ֖ים'e.TzimH6086endangers himselfיִסָּ֥כֶןyi.Sa.khenH5533.

10Ifאִם־'im-H518the axeהַבַּרְזֶ֗לha.bar.ZelH1270is dullקֵהָ֣הke.HahH6949andוְהוּא֙ve.Hu'H1931the bladeפָנִ֣יםfa.NimH6440unsharpenedלֹא־ קִלְקַ֔לlo'- kil.KalH3808 H7043,more strengthוַחֲיָלִ֖יםva.cha.ya.LimH2428must be exertedיְגַבֵּ֑רye.ga.BerH1396,but skillחָכְמָֽה׃chokh.mahH2451producesוְיִתְר֥וֹןve.yit.RonH3504successהַכְשֵׁ֖רhakh.SheirH3787.

11Ifאִם־'im-H518the snakeהַנָּחָ֖שׁha.na.ChashH5175bitesיִשֹּׁ֥ךְyi.ShokhH5391beforeבְּלוֹא־be.lo'-H3808it is charmedלָ֑חַשׁLa.chashH3908,there is noוְאֵ֣יןve.'EinH369profitיִתְר֔וֹןyit.RonH3504for the charmerלְבַ֖עַל הַלָּשֽׁוֹן׃le.Va.'al ha.la.ShonH1167 H3956.

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