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Ecclesiastes 1
1Thewordsדִּבְרֵי֙div.ReiH1697ofthePreacher,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofDavidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732,kingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389. 3Whatprofitיִּתְר֖וֹןyit.RonH3504hathmanH120ofallhislabour wherewithhelabourethunderthesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121? 4[One]generationדּ֤וֹרDorH1755passethaway,and[another]generationוְד֣וֹרve.DorH1755cometh,buttheearthוְהָאָ֖רֶץve.ha.'A.retzH776standethforeverלְעוֹלָ֥םle.'o.LamH5769. 5Thesunהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁha.She.meshH8121alsoriseth,andthesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121goeth down,andhastethtoitsplaceמְקוֹמ֔וֹme.ko.MoH4725whereitariseth. 6Thewindהָר֔וּחַha.Ru.achH7307goeth towardsthesouthדָּר֔וֹםda.RomH1864,andturnethabouttowardsthenorthצָפ֑וֹןtza.FonH6828:itturnethaboutcontinually,andthewindהָרֽוּחַ׃ha.Ru.achH7307returnethagaintoitscircuits. 7Alltheriversrunintotheseaהַיָּ֔םhai.YamH3220,yettheseaוְהַיָּ֖םve.hai.YamH3220isnotfullמָלֵ֑אma.Le'H4392: untotheplaceמְק֗וֹםme.KomH4725whithertheriversgoH1980, thithertheygoH1980again. 8Allthingsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697arefullH4390oftoil;nonecanexpressit.Theeyeעַ֙יִן֙'a.yinH5869isnotsatisfiedH7646withseeingלִרְא֔וֹתlir.'otH7200,northeearאֹ֖זֶן'O.zenH241filledתִמָּלֵ֥אti.ma.Le'H4390withhearing. 9ThatwhichhathbeenH1961isthatwhichshallbeH1961;andthatwhichhathbeenH1961doneisthatwhichwillbeH1961done:andthereisnothingH369newחָדָ֖שׁcha.DashH2319underthesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121. 10IsthereathingH1697whereofitmaybeH1961saidשֶׁיֹּאמַ֥רshei.yo.MarH559,Seeרְאֵה־re.'eh-H7200,thisisnewחָדָ֣שׁcha.DashH2319?IthathbeenH1961alreadyכְּבָר֙ke.VarH3528intheageswhichwerebeforeus. 11Thereisnoremembranceזִכְר֖וֹןzikh.RonH2146offormerלָרִאשֹׁנִ֑יםla.ri.sho.NimH7223thingsH7223;neithershalltherebeH1961remembranceזִכָּר֔וֹןzi.ka.RonH2146ofthingsH7223thataretocomewiththosewhoshallliveafterwards. 12I,thePreacher,wasH1961kingמֶ֛לֶךְMe.lekhH4428overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389. 13AndIappliedmyheartלִבִּ֗יli.BiH3820toseekH1875andsearchH1875outbywisdomבַּֽחָכְמָ֔הba.cha.khe.MahH2451concerningallthatisdoneundertheheavensהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064:thisgrievous occupation hathGodאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430givenH5414tothechildrenofmenH120towearythemselvestherewith. 14IhaveseenH7200alltheworksהַֽמַּעֲשִׂ֔יםha.ma.'a.SimH4639thataredoneunderthesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121,andbehold,allisvanityH1892andpursuitofthewindרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307. 15Thatwhichiscrookedcannotbemade straight;andthatwhichiswantingcannotbenumberedלְהִמָּנֽוֹת׃le.hi.ma.NotH4487. 16Icommunedwithmineownheartלִבִּי֙li.BiH3820,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Lo,IhavebecomeH1961greatהִגְדַּ֤לְתִּיhig.Dal.tiH1431andhaveacquiredwisdomחָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahH2451morethanalltheythathavebeenH1961beforemeoverJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389;andmyheartוְלִבִּ֛יve.li.BiH3820hathseenH7200muchהַרְבֵּ֖הhar.BehH7235ofwisdomחָכְמָ֥הchokh.mahH2451andknowledgeוָדָֽעַת׃va.Da.'atH1847. 17AndIappliedmyheartלִבִּי֙li.BiH3820totheknowledgeofwisdomחָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahH2451,andtotheknowledgeofmadnessהוֹלֵל֖וֹתho.le.LotH1947andfollyוְשִׂכְל֑וּתve.sikh.LutH5531:Iperceivedthatthisalsoשֶׁגַּם־she.gam-H1571isastrivingafterthewindרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307. 18Forinmuchwisdomחָכְמָ֖הchokh.mahH2451ismuchvexation,andhethatincreasethknowledgeדַּ֖עַתDa.'atH1847increasethsorrow. Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 1
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