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Ecclesiastes 7:25-29

25Iאֲנִ֤י'a.NiH589directedסַבּ֨וֹתִֽיsa.Bo.tiH5437my mindוְלִבִּי֙ve.li.BiH3820to understandלָדַ֣עַתla.Da.'atH3045,to exploreוְלָת֔וּרve.la.TurH8446,to search outוּבַקֵּ֥שׁu.va.KeshH1245wisdomחָכְמָ֖הchokh.mahH2451and explanationsוְחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןve.chesh.BonH2808,and to understandוְלָדַ֙עַת֙ve.la.Da.'atH3045the stupidityכֶּ֔סֶלKe.selH3689of wickednessרֶ֣שַׁעRe.sha'H7562and the follyוְהַסִּכְל֖וּתve.ha.sikh.LutH5531of madnessהוֹלֵלֽוֹת׃ho.le.LotH1947.

26And Iאֲנִ֜י'a.NiH589findוּמוֹצֶ֨אu.mo.Tze'H4672more bitterמַ֣רmarH4751than deathמִמָּ֗וֶתmi.Ma.vetH4194אֶת־'et-H853the womanהָֽאִשָּׁה֙ha.'i.ShahH802whoאֲשֶׁר־ הִ֨יא'a.Sher- hi'H834 H1931isa snareמְצוֹדִ֧יםme.tzo.DimH4685,whose heartלִבָּ֖הּli.BahH3820isa netוַחֲרָמִ֛יםva.cha.ra.MimH2764,and whose handsיָדֶ֑יהָya.Dei.haH3027arechainsאֲסוּרִ֣ים'a.su.RimH612.The man who pleasesט֞וֹב לִפְנֵ֤יTov lif.NeiH2896 H6440Godהָאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.HimH430escapesיִמָּלֵ֣טyi.ma.LetH4422herמִמֶּ֔נָּהmi.Me.nahH4480,but the sinnerוְחוֹטֵ֖אve.cho.Te'H2398is ensnaredיִלָּ֥כֶדyi.La.khedH3920.

27“Beholdרְאֵה֙re.'EhH7200,”saysאָמְרָ֖ה'a.me.RahH559the Teacherקֹהֶ֑לֶתko.He.letH6953, “I have discoveredמָצָ֔אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672thisזֶ֣הzehH2088by adding oneאַחַ֥ת'a.ChatH259thing to anotherלְאַחַ֖תle.'a.ChatH259to findלִמְצֹ֥אlim.Tzo'H4672an explanationחֶשְׁבּֽוֹן׃chesh.BonH2808.

28Whileאֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherH834my soulנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315was stillעוֹד־'od-H5750searchingבִּקְשָׁ֥הbik.ShahH1245but notוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808findingמָצָ֑אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672,among a thousandמֵאֶ֙לֶף֙me.'E.lefH505I have foundמָצָ֔אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672oneאֶחָ֤ד'e.ChadH259uprightmanאָדָ֞ם'a.DamH120,but among allבְכָל־ve.khol-H3605theseאֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehH428I have notלֹ֥אlo'H3808foundמָצָֽאתִי׃ma.Tza.tiH4672one suchwomanוְאִשָּׁ֥הve.'i.ShahH802.

29Onlyלְבַד֙le.VadH905thisזֶ֣הzehH2088have I foundרְאֵה־re.'eh-H7200:I have discoveredמָצָ֔אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672thatאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834Godהָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430אֶת־'et-H853madeעָשָׂ֧ה'a.SahH6213mankindהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120uprightיָשָׁ֑רya.SharH3477,but theyוְהֵ֥מָּהve.He.mahH1992have sought outבִקְשׁ֖וּvik.ShuH1245manyרַבִּֽים׃ra.BimH7227schemesחִשְּׁבֹנ֥וֹתchi.she.vo.NotH2810.”

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