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Ecclesiastes 11:1-6

1Castשַׁלַּ֥חsha.LachH7971thy breadלַחְמְךָ֖lach.me.KhaH3899uponפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440the watersהַמָּ֑יִםha.Ma.yimH4325:for thou shalt findתִּמְצָאֶֽנּוּ׃tim.tza.'E.nuH4672it after manyבְרֹ֥בve.RoH7230daysהַיָּמִ֖יםhai.ya.MimH3117.

2Giveתֶּן־ten-H5414a portionחֵ֥לֶקChe.lekH2506to sevenלְשִׁבְעָ֖הle.shiv.'AhH7651,and also to eightלִשְׁמוֹנָ֑הlish.mo.NahH8083;for thou knowestתֵדַ֔עte.Da'H3045not what evilרָעָ֖הra.'AhH7451shall be upon the earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

3If the cloudsהֶעָבִ֥יםhe.'a.VimH5645be fullיִמָּלְא֨וּyi.mal.'UH4390of rainגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ge.shemH1653,they emptyיָרִ֔יקוּya.Ri.kuH7324themselvesupon the earthהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776:and if the treeעֵ֛ץ'etzH6086fallיִפּ֥וֹלyi.PolH5307toward the southבַּדָּר֖וֹםba.da.RomH1864,or toward the northבַּצָּפ֑וֹןba.tza.FonH6828,in the placeמְק֛וֹםme.KomH4725where the treeהָעֵ֖ץha.'EtzH6086fallethשֶׁיִּפּ֥וֹלshei.yi.PolH5307,there it shall beיְהֽוּא׃ye.Hu'H1933.

4He that observethשֹׁמֵ֥רsho.MerH8104the windר֖וּחַRu.achH7307shall not sowיִזְרָ֑עyiz.Ra'H2232;and he that regardethוְרֹאֶ֥הve.ro.'EhH7200the cloudsבֶעָבִ֖יםve.'a.VimH5645shall not reapיִקְצֽוֹר׃yik.TzorH7114.

5As thou knowestיוֹדֵ֙עַ֙yo.De.a'H3045not what isthe wayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of the spiritהָר֔וּחַha.Ru.achH7307, norhow the bonesכַּעֲצָמִ֖יםka.'a.tza.MimH6106do growin the wombבְּבֶ֣טֶןbe.Ve.tenH990of her that is with childהַמְּלֵאָ֑הha.me.le.'AhH4392:even so thou knowestתֵדַע֙te.Da'H3045not the worksמַעֲשֵׂ֣הma.'a.SehH4639of Godהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430who makethיַעֲשֶׂ֖הya.'a.SehH6213all.

6In the morningבַּבֹּ֙קֶר֙ba.Bo.kerH1242sowזְרַ֣עze.Ra'H2232thy seedזַרְעֶ֔ךָzar.'E.khaH2233,and in the eveningוְלָעֶ֖רֶבve.la.'E.revH6153withholdH3240not thine handיָדֶ֑ךָya.De.khaH3027:for thou knowestיוֹדֵ֜עyo.De'H3045not whetherאֵ֣י'eiH335shall prosperיִכְשָׁר֙yikh.SharH3787,either this or that, or whether they bothשְׁנֵיהֶ֥םshe.nei.HemH8147shall bealikeכְּאֶחָ֖דke.'e.ChadH259goodטוֹבִֽים׃to.VimH2896.

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