Ecclesiastes 6
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Ecclesiastes 6:3-5

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 betterH4480H5183offH5183thanH4480that man.
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