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Ecclesiastes 12:3-9

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.

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