Ecclesiastes 9
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Ecclesiastes 9:4-5

4For whoeverמִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣רmi 'a.SherH4310H834is joinedיְחֻבַּ֔רyi.ba.cherH2266to allכָּל־kol-H3605the livingהַחַיִּ֖יםha.chai.YimH2416,thereH3426isH3426hopeבִּטָּח֑וֹןbi.ta.ChonH986;for betterט֔וֹבTovH2896a liveחַי֙chaiH2416dogלְכֶ֤לֶבle.Khe.levH3611,thanמִן־min-H4480a deadהַמֵּֽת׃ha.MetH4191lionH743.
5For the livingהַֽחַיִּ֛יםha.chai.YimH2416knowיוֹדְעִ֖יםyod.'ImH3045that they will dieשֶׁיָּמֻ֑תוּshei.ya.Mu.tuH4191;but the deadוְהַמֵּתִ֞יםve.ha.me.TimH4191do not knowיוֹדְעִ֣יםyod.'ImH3045anythingמְא֗וּמָהme.'U.mahH3972,norאֵינָ֧ם'ei.NamH369do they haveוְאֵֽין־ve.'ein-H369a rewardשָׂכָ֔רsa.KharH7939anyH5750longerH5750, for theirmemoryזִכְרָֽם׃zikh.RamH2143is forgottenנִשְׁכַּ֖חnish.KachH7911.
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