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Ecclesiastes 6:7-12

7AllthelabourofmanH120isforhismouthלְפִ֑יהוּle.Fi.huH6310,andyettheappetiteהַנֶּ֖פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315isnotfilledתִמָּלֵֽא׃ti.ma.Le'H4390.

8Forwhatadvantageיּוֹתֵ֥רyo.TerH3148haththewiseלֶחָכָ֖םle.cha.KhamH2450abovethefoolהַכְּסִ֑ילha.ke.SilH3684?whathaththepoorלֶּעָנִ֣יle.'a.NiH6041,thatknowethtowalkלַהֲלֹ֖ךְla.ha.LokhH1980beforetheliving?

9Betteristheseeingoftheeyesעֵינַ֖יִם'ei.Na.yimH5869thanthewanderingofthedesireנָ֑פֶשׁNa.feshH5315:thisalsoגַּם־gam-H1571isvanityH1892andpursuitofthewindרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

10Thatwhichishathalreadyכְּבָר֙ke.VarH3528beenH1961namedשְׁמ֔וֹshe.MoH8034;andwhatmanH120is,isknownH3045,andthathecannotcontendwithhimthatismightierthanhe.

11FortherearemanyH7235thingsH1697thatincreaseH7235vanityH1892:whatismanH120advantaged?

12Forwhoknowethwhatisgoodטּ֨וֹבTovH2896formanH120inlife,allthedaysיְמֵי־ye.mei-H3117ofhisvainlifewhichhespendethasashadowכַּצֵּ֑לka.TzelH6738?forwhocantellיַגִּ֣ידya.GidH5046manH120whatshallbeיִּהְיֶ֥הyih.YehH1961afterhimunderthesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121?

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