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Ecclesiastes 7:21-23

21גַּ֤םgamH1571Do notאַל־'al-H408payתִּתֵּ֖ןti.TenH5414attentionלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834to everyלְכָל־le.kholH3605wordהַדְּבָרִים֙ha.de.va.RimH1697thatאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834is spokenיְדַבֵּ֔רוּye.da.Be.ruH1696,orלֹֽא־lo'-H3808you may hearתִשְׁמַ֥עtish.Ma'H8085אֶֽת־'et-H853your servantעַבְדְּךָ֖'av.de.KhaH5650cursing youמְקַלְלֶֽךָ׃me.ka.Le.chaH7043.

22Forכִּ֛י גַּם־ki gam-H3588 H1571you knowיָדַ֣עya.Da'H3045in your heartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820thatאֲשֶׁ֥ר גַּם־'a.Sher gam-H834 H1571manyרַבּ֖וֹתra.BotH7227timesפְּעָמִ֥יםpe.'a.MimH6471you yourselfאַתָּ֖ה'atH859have cursedקִלַּ֥לְתָּki.Lal.taH7043othersאֲחֵרִֽים׃'a.che.RimH312.

23Allכָּל־kol-H3605thisזֹ֖הzohH2090I testedנִסִּ֣יתִיni.Si.tiH5254by wisdomבַֽחָכְמָ֑הva.cha.khe.MahH2451, saying, “I resolveאָמַ֣רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559to be wiseאֶחְכָּ֔מָה'ech.Ka.mahH2449.”But itוְהִ֖יאve.Hi'H1931was beyondרְחוֹקָ֥הre.cho.KahH7350meמִמֶּֽנִּי׃mi.Me.niH4480.

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