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Ecclesiastes 12

1Andrememberוּזְכֹר֙u.ze.KhorH2142thy Creatorinthedaysבִּימֵ֖יbi.MeiH3117ofthyyouthבְּחוּרֹתֶ֑יךָbe.chu.ro.Tei.khaH979,beforetheevilהָֽרָעָ֔הha.ra.'AhH7451daysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117comeיָבֹ֙אוּ֙ya.Vo.'uH935,andtheyearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141drawnigh,ofwhichthou shaltsayתֹּאמַ֔רto.MarH559,Ihavenopleasureחֵֽפֶץ׃Che.fetzH2656inthem;

2beforethesunהַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ha.She.meshH8121,andthelightוְהָא֔וֹרve.ha.'OrH216,andthemoonוְהַיָּרֵ֖חַve.hai.ya.Re.achH3394,andthestarsוְהַכּוֹכָבִ֑יםve.ha.ko.kha.VimH3556,bedarkened,andthecloudsהֶעָבִ֖יםhe.'a.VimH5645returnוְשָׁ֥בוּve.Sha.vuH7725aftertherainהַגָּֽשֶׁם׃ha.Ga.shemH1653;

3inthedayבַּיּ֗וֹםbai.YomH3117whenthekeepersofthehouseהַבַּ֔יִתha.Ba.yitH1004trembleשֶׁיָּזֻ֙עוּ֙shei.ya.Zu.'uH2111,andthestrongmenH376bow themselves,andthegrinders ceasebecausetheyarefewH4592,andthosethatlookהָרֹא֖וֹתha.ro.'otH7200outofthewindowsבָּאֲרֻבּֽוֹת׃ba.'a.ru.BotH699aredarkened,

4andthedoorsדְלָתַ֙יִם֙de.la.Ta.yimH1817areshutוְסֻגְּר֤וּve.su.ge.RuH5462towardthestreetבַּשּׁ֔וּקba.ShukH7784;whenthesoundH6963ofthegrindingissubdued,andtheyriseH6965upatthevoiceH6963ofthebirdהַצִּפּ֔וֹרha.tzi.PorH6833,andallthedaughtersבְּנ֥וֹתbe.NotH1323ofsongהַשִּֽׁיר׃ha.ShirH7892arebroughtlowH8217;

5theyarealsoגַּ֣םgamH1571afraidיִרָ֙אוּ֙yi.Ra.'uH3372ofwhatishighמִגָּבֹ֤הַּmi.ga.Vo.ahH1364,andterrorsareinthewayבַּדֶּ֔רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870,andthealmondהַשָּׁקֵד֙ha.sha.KedH8247isdespised,andthegrasshopperהֶֽחָגָ֔בhe.cha.GavH2284isaburden,andthecaper-berryiswithout effect; (formanH120goethtohisage-longhome,andthemournersgoH1980aboutthestreetsבָשּׁ֖וּקva.ShukH7784;)

6—beforethesilverהַכֶּ֔סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701cordחֶ֣בֶלChe.velH2256beloosed,orthegoldenbowlגֻּלַּ֣תgu.LatH1543bebrokenH7665,orthepitcherbeshatteredH7665atthefountain,orthewheelהַגַּלְגַּ֖לha.gal.GalH1534bebrokenH7665atthecisternH953;

7andthedustהֶעָפָ֛רhe.'a.FarH6083returnוְיָשֹׁ֧בve.ya.ShoH7725totheearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776asitwasH1961,andthespiritוְהָר֣וּחַve.ha.Ru.achH7307returnתָּשׁ֔וּבta.ShuvH7725untoGodהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430whogaveH5414it.

8VanityH1892ofvanitiesH1892, saiththePreacher:allisvanityH1892.

9Andmoreover, becausethePreacherwasH1961wiseחָכָ֑םcha.KhamH2450,hestillH5750taughtH3925thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971knowledgeדַּ֙עַת֙da.'atH1847;andhepondered,andsoughtout, [and] setinordermanyH7235proverbsמְשָׁלִ֥יםme.sha.LimH4912.

10ThePreachersoughtH1245tofindלִמְצֹ֖אlim.Tzo'H4672outacceptablewordsדִּבְרֵי־div.rei-H1697;andthatwhichwaswrittenH3789isupright,wordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697oftruthאֱמֶֽת׃'e.MetH571.

11Thewordsדִּבְרֵ֤יdiv.ReiH1697ofthewiseחֲכָמִים֙cha.kha.MimH2450areasgoads,andthecollections[ofthem]asnailsfastenedin: theyaregivenH5414fromoneאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259shepherdמֵרֹעֶ֥הme.ro.'EhH7462.

12Andbesides,mysonH1121,bewarnedהִזָּהֵ֑רhi.za.HerH2094bythem:ofmakingmanyהַרְבֵּה֙har.BehH7235booksH5612thereisnoendקֵ֔ץKetzH7093,andmuchהַרְבֵּ֖הhar.BehH7235studyisawearinessofthefleshבָּשָֽׂר׃ba.SarH1320.

13LetushearH8085theendס֥וֹףSofH5490ofthewholematterדָּבָ֖רda.VarH1697:Fearיְרָא֙ye.Ra'H3372Godהָאֱלֹהִ֤יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,andkeepשְׁמ֔וֹרshe.MorH8104hiscommandmentsמִצְוֹתָ֣יוmitz.vo.TavH4687;forthisisthewholeofmanH120.

14ForGodהָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430shallbringיָבִ֥אya.Vi'H935everyworkH4639intojudgmentבְמִשְׁפָּ֖טve.mish.PatH4941,witheverysecretthing,whetheritbegoodט֖וֹבTovH2896orwhetheritbeevilרָֽע׃Ra'H7451.

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