Revised Literal Translation

Ecclesiastes 4:7-12

7Then I returnedוְשַׁ֧בְתִּיve.Shav.tiH7725,and I sawוָאֶרְאֶ֥הva.'er.'EhH7200vanityהֶ֖בֶלHe.velH1892under the sunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.

8There isיֵ֣שׁyeshH3426oneאֶחָד֩'e.ChadH259alone, and there isnot a secondשֵׁנִ֜יshe.NiH8145;yea, he hath neither childבֵּ֧ןbenH1121nor brotherוָאָ֣חva.'AchH251: yet is thereno endקֵץ֙ketzH7093of all his labourעֲמָל֔וֹa.ma.LoH5999;neither is his eyeעֵינ֖וֹei.navH5869satisfiedתִשְׂבַּ֣עtis.Ba'H7646with richesעֹ֑שֶׁר'O.sherH6239; neither saith he,For whom do I labourעָמֵ֗ל'a.MelH6001,and bereaveוּמְחַסֵּ֤רu.me.cha.SerH2637my soulנַפְשִׁי֙naf.ShiH5315of goodמִטּוֹבָ֔הmi.to.VahH2896? This isalso vanityהֶ֛בֶלHe.velH1892, yea, it isa soreרָ֖עra'H7451travailוְעִנְיַ֥ןve.'in.YanH6045.

9Twoהַשְּׁנַ֖יִםha.she.Na.yimH8147arebetterטוֹבִ֥יםto.VimH2896than oneהָאֶחָ֑דha.'e.ChadH259;because they haveיֵשׁ־yesh-H3426a goodט֖וֹבTovH2896rewardשָׂכָ֥רsa.KharH7939for their labourבַּעֲמָלָֽם׃ba.'a.ma.LamH5999.

10For if they fallיִפֹּ֔לוּyi.Po.luH5307,the oneהָאֶחָ֖דha.'e.ChadH259will lift upיָקִ֣יםya.KimH6965his fellowחֲבֵר֑וֹcha.ve.RoH2270:but woeוְאִ֣יל֗וֹve.'I.LoH337to him that isaloneהָֽאֶחָד֙ha.'e.ChadH259when he fallethשֶׁיִּפּ֔וֹלshei.yi.PolH5307; for he hathnot anotherשֵׁנִ֖יshe.NiH8145to help him upלַהֲקִימֽוֹ׃la.ha.ki.MoH6965.

11Againגַּ֛םgamH1571,if twoשְׁנַ֖יִםshe.Na.yimH8147lie togetherיִשְׁכְּב֥וּyish.ke.VuH7901,then they have heatH2552:but how can oneוּלְאֶחָ֖דu.le.'e.ChadH259be warmH3179alone?

12And if oneהָאֶחָ֔דha.'e.ChadH259prevailיִתְקְפוֹ֙yit.ke.FoH8630against him, twoהַשְּׁנַ֖יִםha.she.Na.yimH8147shall withstandיַעַמְד֣וּya.'am.DuH5975him; and a threefoldהַֽמְשֻׁלָּ֔שׁham.shu.LashH8027cordוְהַחוּט֙ve.ha.ChutH2339is not quicklyבִמְהֵרָ֖הvim.he.RahH4120brokenיִנָּתֵֽק׃yi.na.TekH5423.

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