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Ecclesiastes 12:9-14

9Not onlyוְיֹתֵ֕רve.yo.TerH3148wasשֶׁהָיָ֥הshe.ha.YahH1961the Teacherקֹהֶ֖לֶתko.He.letH6953wiseחָכָ֑םcha.KhamH2450,but he alsoע֗וֹדodH5750taughtלִמַּד־li.mad-H3925the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971knowledgeדַּ֙עַת֙da.'atH1847אֶת־'et-H853;he ponderedוְאִזֵּ֣ןve.'i.ZenH239,searched outוְחִקֵּ֔רve.chi.KerH2713,and arrangedתִּקֵּ֖ןti.KenH8626manyהַרְבֵּֽה׃har.BehH7235proverbsמְשָׁלִ֥יםme.sha.LimH4912.

10The Teacherקֹהֶ֔לֶתko.He.letH6953searchedבִּקֵּ֣שׁbi.KeshH1245to findלִמְצֹ֖אlim.Tzo'H4672delightfulחֵ֑פֶץChe.fetzH2656sayingsדִּבְרֵי־div.rei-H1697and to recordוְכָת֥וּבve.kha.TuvH3789accurateיֹ֖שֶׁרYo.sherH3476wordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of truthאֱמֶֽת׃'e.MetH571.

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.

14Forכִּ֤יkiH3588אֶת־'et-H853Godהָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430will bringיָבִ֥אya.Vi'H935everyכָּל־kol-H3605deedמַֽעֲשֶׂ֔הma.'a.SehH4639into judgmentבְמִשְׁפָּ֖טve.mish.PatH4941,along withעַ֣ל'alH5921every hiddenנֶעְלָ֑םne'.LamH5956thingכָּל־kol-H3605,whetherאִם־'im-H518goodט֖וֹבTovH2896orוְאִם־ve.'im-H518evilרָֽע׃Ra'H7451.

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