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Ecclesiastes 12:11-13

11The wordsדִּבְרֵ֤יdiv.ReiH1697of the wiseחֲכָמִים֙cha.kha.MimH2450are like goadsכַּדָּ֣רְבֹנ֔וֹתka.Da.re.vo.NotH1861,and the anthologiesאֲסֻפּ֑וֹת'a.su.PotH627of the mastersבַּעֲלֵ֣יba.'a.LeiH1167are like firmly embeddedנְטוּעִ֖יםne.tu.'ImH5193nailsוּֽכְמַשְׂמְר֥וֹתu.khe.mas.me.RotH4930drivenנִתְּנ֖וּni.te.NuH5414by a singleאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259Shepherdמֵרֹעֶ֥הme.ro.'EhH7462.

12And by these,my sonבְּנִ֣יbe.NiH1121,be furtherוְיֹתֵ֥רve.yo.TerH3148warnedהִזָּהֵ֑רhi.za.HerH2094:There is noאֵ֣ין'einH369endקֵ֔ץKetzH7093to the makingעֲשׂ֨וֹתa.SotH6213of manyהַרְבֵּה֙har.BehH7235booksסְפָרִ֤יםse.fa.RimH5612,and muchהַרְבֵּ֖הhar.BehH7235studyוְלַ֥הַגve.La.hagH3854weariesיְגִעַ֥תye.gi.'AtH3024the bodyבָּשָֽׂר׃ba.SarH1320.

13When allהַכֹּ֣לha.KolH3605has been heardנִשְׁמָ֑עnish.Ma'H8085אֶת־'et-H853,the conclusionס֥וֹףSofH5490of the matterדָּבָ֖רda.VarH1697is this:Fearיְרָא֙ye.Ra'H3372Godהָאֱלֹהִ֤יםha.'E.lo.HimH430andוְאֶת־ve.'EtH853keepשְׁמ֔וֹרshe.MorH8104His commandmentsמִצְוֹתָ֣יוmitz.vo.TavH4687,becauseכִּי־ki-H3588this isזֶ֖הzehH2088the wholeכָּל־kol-H3605dutyof manהָאָדָֽם׃ha.'a.DamH120.

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