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Ecclesiastes 6:3-5

3אִם־'im-H518A manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376may fatherיוֹלִ֣ידyo.LidH3205a hundredמֵאָ֡הme.'AhH3967childrenand liveיִֽחְיֶ֜הyich.YehH2421for manyרַבּ֨וֹתra.BotH7227yearsוְשָׁנִים֩ve.sha.NimH8141;yet no matter how longוְרַ֣ב׀ve.RavH7227שֶׁיִּהְי֣וּshei.yih.YuH1961he livesיְמֵֽי־ שָׁנָ֗יוye.mei- sha.NavH3117 H8141,if heוְנַפְשׁוֹ֙ve.naf.ShoH5315is unsatisfiedלֹא־ תִשְׂבַּ֣עlo'- tis.Ba'H3808 H7646withמִן־min-H4480his prosperityהַטּוֹבָ֔הha.to.VahH2896and does notלֹא־ הָ֣יְתָהlo'- Ha.ye.tahH3808 H1961evenוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571receive a proper burialקְבוּרָ֖הke.vu.RahH6900,I sayאָמַ֕רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559that a stillborn childהַנָּֽפֶל׃ha.Na.felH5309is better offט֥וֹבTovH2896than heמִמֶּ֖נּוּmi.Me.nuH4480.

4Forכִּֽי־ki-H3588a stillborn childentersבָּ֖אba'H935in futilityבַהֶ֥בֶלva.He.velH1892and departsיֵלֵ֑ךְye.LekhH1980in darknessוּבַחֹ֣שֶׁךְu.va.Cho.shekhH2822,and his nameשְׁמ֥וֹshe.MoH8034is shroudedיְכֻסֶּֽה׃ye.khu.SehH3680in obscurityוּבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְu.va.Cho.shekhH2822.

5The childלָזֶ֖הla.ZehH2088,thoughגַּם־gam-H1571neitherלֹא־lo'-H3808seeingרָאָ֖הra.'AhH7200the sunשֶׁ֥מֶשׁShe.meshH8121norוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808knowing anythingיָדָ֑עya.Da'H3045,has more restנַ֥חַתNa.chatH5183thanמִזֶּֽה׃mi.ZehH2088that man,

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