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Ecclesiastes 5:13-17

13ThereH3426isH3426a sickeningחוֹלָ֔הcho.LahH2470evilH7463whichI have seenרָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiH7200underתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478the sunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121:wealthH6239beinghoardedשָׁמ֥וּרsha.MurH8104by its ownerלִבְעָלָ֖יוliv.'a.LavH1167to his detrimentH7463.

14When that wealthהָעֹ֥שֶׁרha.'O.sherH6239was lostוְאָבַ֛דve.'a.VadH6through badרָ֑עRa'H7451businessבְּעִנְיַ֣ןbe.'in.YanH6045and he had fatheredוְהוֹלִ֣ידve.ho.LidH3205a sonבֵּ֔ןBenH1121,then thereH369wasH369nothingH369 H3972to supportH3027him.

15As he cameיָצָא֙ya.Tza'H3318nakedעָר֛וֹםa.RomH6174from his mother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517wombמִבֶּ֣טֶןmi.Be.tenH990,so he will returnיָשׁ֥וּבya.ShuvH7725 H1980as he cameH935. He willtakeיִשָּׂ֣אyi.Sa'H5375nothingוּמְא֙וּמָה֙ לֹא־u.me.'U.mah lo'-H3972 H3808from the fruitH5999ofH5999his laborH5999that he can carryH1980in his handבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027.

16Thisזֹה֙zohH2090alsoH1571is a sickeningחוֹלָ֔הcho.LahH2470evilH7463:exactlyעֻמַּ֥ת'u.MatH3605 H5980as a personisH935bornH935,soכֵּ֣ןkenH3651will hedieיֵלֵ֑ךְye.LekhH1980.Whatוּמַה־u.mah-H4100then is the advantageיִּתְר֣וֹןyit.RonH3504for him whoH7945laborsשֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖לshei.ya.'a.MolH5998for the windלָרֽוּחַ׃la.Ru.achH7307?

17AllH3605his lifeH3117healsoגַּ֥םgamH1571eatsH398in darknessבַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhH2822withgreatהַרְבֵּ֖הhar.BehH7235irritationH3708,sicknessוְחָלְי֥וֹve.chal.YoH2483,and angerוָקָֽצֶף׃va.Ka.tzefH7110.

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