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Ecclesiastes 1:2-11

2VanityH1892ofvanitiesH1892, saiththePreacher,vanityH1892ofvanitiesH1892!allisvanityH1892.

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.

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