Ecclesiastes 1
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Ecclesiastes 1:16-18

16Isaidדִּבַּ֨רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696to myselfלִבִּי֙li.BiH3820, “Beholdהִנֵּ֨הhi.NehH2009,I have magnifiedהִגְדַּ֤לְתִּיhig.Dal.tiH1431and increasedוְהוֹסַ֙פְתִּי֙ve.ho.Saf.tiH3254wisdomחָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahH2451moreH5921thanH5921allכָּל־kol-H3605whoאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834were overH5921Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389beforeלְפָנַ֖יle.fa.NaiH6440me; and mymindוְלִבִּ֛יve.li.BiH3820has observedרָאָ֥הra.'AhH7200a wealthהַרְבֵּ֖הhar.BehH7235of wisdomחָכְמָ֥הchokh.mahH2451and knowledgeוָדָֽעַת׃va.Da.'atH1847.”
17And Isetוָאֶתְּנָ֤הva.'e.te.NahH5414mymindלִבִּי֙li.BiH3820to knowלָדַ֣עַתla.Da.'atH3045wisdomחָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahH2451and toknowוְדַ֥עַתve.Da.'atH3045madnessהוֹלֵל֖וֹתho.le.LotH1947and follyוְשִׂכְל֑וּתve.sikh.LutH5531;I realizedיָדַ֕עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that thisזֶ֥הzehH2088alsoשֶׁגַּם־she.gam-H1571isstrivingרַעְי֥וֹןra'.YonH7475after windרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.
18Becauseכִּ֛יkiH3588in muchH7230wisdomחָכְמָ֖הchokh.mahH2451there is muchH7230griefכָּ֑עַסKa.'asH3708,and increasingוְיוֹסִ֥יףve.yo.SifH3254knowledgeדַּ֖עַתDa.'atH1847results inincreasingיוֹסִ֥יףyo.SifH3254painמַכְאֽוֹב׃makh.'ovH4341.
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