Ecclesiastes 12
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Ecclesiastes 12:9-12

9In additionוְיֹתֵ֕רve.yo.TerH3148to beingשֶׁהָיָ֥הshe.ha.YahH1961a wiseחָכָ֑םcha.KhamH2450manH2450,the Preacherקֹהֶ֖לֶתko.He.letH6953alsoע֗וֹדodH5750taughtלִמַּד־li.mad-H3925the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971knowledgeדַּ֙עַת֙da.'atH1847;and he ponderedוְאִזֵּ֣ןve.'i.ZenH239,searchedוְחִקֵּ֔רve.chi.KerH2713out and arrangedתִּקֵּ֖ןti.KenH8626manyהַרְבֵּֽה׃har.BehH7235proverbsמְשָׁלִ֥יםme.sha.LimH4912.
10The Preacherקֹהֶ֔לֶתko.He.letH6953soughtבִּקֵּ֣שׁbi.KeshH1245to findלִמְצֹ֖אlim.Tzo'H4672delightfulחֵ֑פֶץChe.fetzH2656wordsדִּבְרֵי־div.rei-H1697and to writeוְכָת֥וּבve.kha.TuvH3789wordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of truthאֱמֶֽת׃'e.MetH571correctlyיֹ֖שֶׁרYo.sherH3476.
11Thewordsדִּבְרֵ֤יdiv.ReiH1697of wiseחֲכָמִים֙cha.kha.MimH2450menH2450are likegoadsכַּדָּ֣רְבֹנ֔וֹתka.Da.re.vo.NotH1861,and mastersבַּעֲלֵ֣יba.'a.LeiH1167of thesecollectionsאֲסֻפּ֑וֹת'a.su.PotH627are likewell-drivenנְטוּעִ֖יםne.tu.'ImH5193nailsH4548;they are givenנִתְּנ֖וּni.te.NuH5414by oneאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259Shepherdמֵרֹעֶ֥הme.ro.'EhH7462.
12But beyondוְיֹתֵ֥רve.yo.TerH3148thisH1992,my sonבְּנִ֣יbe.NiH1121,be warnedהִזָּהֵ֑רhi.za.HerH2094: thewritingעֲשׂ֨וֹתa.SotH6213ofmanyH7235booksסְפָרִ֤יםse.fa.RimH5612is endlessאֵ֣ין קֵ֔ץ'ein KetzH7093H369,and excessiveH3854devotionH3854to booksis wearyingיְגִעַ֥תye.gi.'AtH3024to the bodyבָּשָֽׂר׃ba.SarH1320.
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