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Ecclesiastes 6:1-6

1ThereH3426isH3426anevilH7463whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834I have seenרָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiH7200underתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478the sunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121,and it is widespreadוְרַבָּ֥הve.ra.BahH7227amongעַל־'al-H5921mankindהָאָדָֽם׃ha.'a.DamH120:

2a personH376to whomH834Godהָאֱלֹהִ֡יםha.'E.lo.HimH430hasgivenיִתֶּן־yi.ten-H5414richesעֹשֶׁר֩'o.SherH6239,wealthוּנְכָסִ֨יםu.ne.kha.SimH5233,and honorוְכָב֜וֹדve.kha.VodH3519,so that his soulלְנַפְשׁ֣וֹ׀le.naf.ShoH5315lacksחָסֵ֥רcha.SerH2638nothingוְֽאֵינֶ֨נּוּve.'ei.Ne.nuH369of allמִכֹּ֣לmi.KolH3605that he desiresיִתְאַוֶּ֗הyit.'a.VehH183,yet Godהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.HimH430has not givenH7980him theH7980opportunityH7980toenjoyלֶאֱכֹ֣לle.'e.KholH398these things, but a foreignerנָכְרִ֖יna.khe.RiH5237enjoysיֹֽאכֲלֶ֑נּוּyo.kha.Le.nuH398them. Thisזֶ֥הzehH2088is futilityהֶ֛בֶלHe.velH1892and a severeרָ֖עra'H7451afflictionוָחֳלִ֥יvo.cho.LiH2483.

3Ifאִם־'im-H518a manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376fathersיוֹלִ֣ידyo.LidH3205a hundredמֵאָ֡הme.'AhH3967childrenand livesיִֽחְיֶ֜הyich.YehH2421manyרַבּ֨וֹתra.BotH7227yearsH8141,however manyוְרַ֣ב׀ve.RavH7227they may be, but his soulוְנַפְשׁוֹ֙ve.naf.ShoH5315isH7646not satisfiedH7646with goodH2899thingsH2899and he does not evenוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571haveH1961a properburialקְבוּרָ֖הke.vu.RahH6900, thenI sayאָמַ֕רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559, “BetterH2896the miscarriageהַנָּֽפֶל׃ha.Na.felH5309thanH4480he,

4for a miscarriagecomesבָּ֖אba'H935in futilityבַהֶ֥בֶלva.He.velH1892and goesיֵלֵ֑ךְye.LekhH1980into darknessוּבַחֹ֣שֶׁךְu.va.Cho.shekhH2822;and its nameשְׁמ֥וֹshe.MoH8034is coveredיְכֻסֶּֽה׃ye.khu.SehH3680in darknessוּבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְu.va.Cho.shekhH2822.

5It has notH1571evenH1571seenרָאָ֖הra.'AhH7200the sunשֶׁ֥מֶשׁShe.meshH8121norH3808does it knowיָדָ֑עya.Da'H3045it; yetit is betterH4480 H5183offH5183thanH4480that man.

6Even ifוְאִלּ֣וּve.'i.LuH432the manlivesחָיָ֗הcha.YahH2421a thousandאֶ֤לֶף'E.lefH505yearsשָׁנִים֙sha.NimH8141twiceפַּעֲמַ֔יִםpa.'a.Ma.yimH6471,but does not seeרָאָ֑הra.'AhH7200goodH2899thingsH2899--do not allהַכֹּ֥לha.KolH3605goהוֹלֵֽךְ׃ho.LekhH1980to oneאֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadH259and the sameplaceמָק֥וֹםma.KomH4725?”

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