Ecclesiastes 2
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Ecclesiastes 2:10-11

10Allוְכֹל֙ve.KholH3605that my eyesעֵינַ֔י'ei.NaiH5869desiredשָֽׁאֲל֣וּsha.'a.LuH7592,I did not refuseאָצַ֖לְתִּי'a.Tzal.tiH680them. I did not restrainמָנַ֨עְתִּיma.Na'.tiH4513my heartלִבִּ֜יli.BiH3820from anyמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605pleasureשִׂמְחָ֗הsim.ChahH8057,for my heartלִבִּ֤יli.BiH3820was pleasedשָׂמֵ֙חַ֙sa.Me.achH8056becauseH4480of allמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605my laborעֲמָלִ֔י'a.ma.LiH5999;and thisוְזֶֽה־ve.zeh-H2088was myrewardחֶלְקִ֖יchel.KiH2506for allמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605my laborעֲמָלִֽי׃'a.ma.LiH5999.
11So I consideredוּפָנִ֣יתִֽיu.fa.Ni.tiH6437allבְּכָל־be.kholH3605my activitiesמַעֲשַׂי֙ma.'a.SaiH4639whichH7945my handsיָדַ֔יya.DaiH3027had doneשֶֽׁעָשׂ֣וּshe.'a.SuH6213and the laborוּבֶֽעָמָ֖לu.ve.'a.MalH5999whichH7945I hadexertedלַעֲשׂ֑וֹתla.'a.SotH6213,and beholdוְהִנֵּ֨הve.hi.NehH2009,allהַכֹּ֥לha.KolH3605wasfutilityהֶ֙בֶל֙he.velH1892and strivingוּרְע֣וּתu.re.'UtH7469after windר֔וּחַRu.achH7307,and thereH369wasH369noH369benefitיִתְר֖וֹןyit.RonH3504underתַּ֥חַתTa.chatH8478the sunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.
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