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Ecclesiastes 9:4-6

4Forמִי֙miH4310to him that isיֵ֣שׁyeshH3426joinedיְחֻבַּ֔רyi.ba.cherH977 H2266to all the livingהַחַיִּ֖יםha.chai.YimH2416there is hopeבִּטָּח֑וֹןbi.ta.ChonH986:for a livingחַי֙chaiH2416dogלְכֶ֤לֶבle.Khe.levH3611is betterט֔וֹבTovH2896than a deadהַמֵּֽת׃ha.MetH4191lionהָאַרְיֵ֖הha.'ar.YehH738.

5For the livingהַֽחַיִּ֛יםha.chai.YimH2416knowיוֹדְעִ֖יםyod.'ImH3045that they shall dieשֶׁיָּמֻ֑תוּshei.ya.Mu.tuH4191:but the deadוְהַמֵּתִ֞יםve.ha.me.TimH4191knowיוֹדְעִ֣יםyod.'ImH3045not any thingמְא֗וּמָהme.'U.mahH3972,neither have they any more a rewardשָׂכָ֔רsa.KharH7939;for the memoryזִכְרָֽם׃zikh.RamH2143of them is forgottenנִשְׁכַּ֖חnish.KachH7911.

6Also their loveאַהֲבָתָ֧ם'a.ha.va.TamH160,and their hatredשִׂנְאָתָ֛םsin.'a.TamH8135,and their envyקִנְאָתָ֖םkin.'a.TamH7068,is nowכְּבָ֣רke.VarH3528perishedאָבָ֑דָה'a.Va.dahH6;neither have they any more a portionוְחֵ֨לֶקve.Che.lekH2506for everלְעוֹלָ֔םle.'o.LamH5769in any thingthat is doneנַעֲשָׂ֖הna.'a.SahH6213under the sunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.

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