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Ecclesiastes 5:13-17

13There isיֵ֚שׁyeshH3426a grievousחוֹלָ֔הcho.LahH2470evilH7451I have seenרָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiH7200underתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478the sunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121:wealthH6239hoardedשָׁמ֥וּרsha.MurH8104to the harmH7451of its ownerלִבְעָלָ֖יוliv.'a.LavH1167,

14orהַה֖וּאha.Hu'H1931wealthהָעֹ֥שֶׁרha.'O.sherH6239lostוְאָבַ֛דve.'a.VadH6in a failedרָ֑עRa'H7451ventureבְּעִנְיַ֣ןbe.'in.YanH6045,so when that man hasוְהוֹלִ֣ידve.ho.LidH3205a sonבֵּ֔ןBenH1121there is nothingוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369to pass onH3027 H3972.

15Asכַּאֲשֶׁ֤רka.'a.SherH834a mancameיָצָא֙ya.Tza'H3318from his mother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517wombמִבֶּ֣טֶןmi.Be.tenH990,so he will departH1980againיָשׁ֥וּבya.ShuvH7725,nakedעָר֛וֹםa.RomH6174as he arrivedH935.He takesיִשָּׂ֣אyi.Sa'H5375nothingוּמְא֙וּמָה֙ לֹא־u.me.'U.mah lo'-H3972 H3808for his laborבַעֲמָל֔וֹva.'a.ma.LoH5999to carryH1980in his handsבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027.

16Thisזֹה֙zohH2090tooH1571is a grievousחוֹלָ֔הcho.LahH2470afflictionרָעָ֣הra.'AhH7451:Exactly asעֻמַּ֥ת'u.MatH3605 H5980a man is bornשֶׁבָּ֖אshe.Ba'H935,soכֵּ֣ןkenH3651he will departיֵלֵ֑ךְye.LekhH1980.Whatוּמַה־u.mah-H4100does he gainיִּתְר֣וֹןyit.RonH3504as he toilsשֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖לshei.ya.'a.MolH5998for the windלָרֽוּחַ׃la.Ru.achH7307?

17Moreoverגַּ֥םgamH1571,allH3605his daysH3117he eatsH398in darknessבַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhH2822,with muchהַרְבֵּ֖הhar.BehH7235sorrowH3708,sicknessוְחָלְי֥וֹve.chal.YoH2483,and angerוָקָֽצֶף׃va.Ka.tzefH7110.

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