Revised Literal Translation

Ecclesiastes 9:7-9

7Go thy wayH3212,eatאֱכֹ֤ל'e.KholH398thy breadלַחְמֶ֔ךָlach.Me.khaH3899with joyבְּשִׂמְחָה֙be.sim.ChahH8057,and drinkוּֽשֲׁתֵ֥הu.sha.TehH8354thy wineיֵינֶ֑ךָyei.Ne.khaH3196with a merryט֖וֹבTovH2896heartבְלֶב־ve.lev-H3820;for Godהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430nowכְבָ֔רkhe.VarH3528acceptethרָצָ֥הra.TzahH7521thy worksמַעֲשֶֽׂיךָ׃ma.'a.Sei.khaH4639.

8Let thy garmentsבְגָדֶ֖יךָve.ga.Dei.khaH899be alwaysעֵ֕ת'etH6256whiteלְבָנִ֑יםle.va.NimH3836;and let thy headרֹאשְׁךָ֥ro.she.KhaH7218lackיֶחְסָֽר׃yech.SarH2637no ointmentוְשֶׁ֖מֶןve.She.menH8081.

9Liveחַיִּ֜יםchai.YimH2416joyfullyרְאֵ֨הre.'EhH7200with the wifeאִשָּׁ֣ה'i.ShahH802whom thou lovestאָהַ֗בְתָּ'a.Hav.taH157all the daysיְמֵי֙ye.MeiH3117of the lifeחַיֵּ֣יchai.YeiH2416of thy vanityהֶבְלֶ֔ךָhev.Le.khaH1892,which he hath givenנָֽתַן־na.tan-H5414thee under the sunהַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁha.She.meshH8121,all the daysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117of thy vanityהֶבְלֶ֑ךָhev.Le.khaH1892: for that isthy portionחֶלְקְךָ֙chel.ke.ChaH2506in thislifeבַּֽחַיִּ֔יםba.chai.YimH2416,and in thy labourוּבַעֲמָ֣לְךָ֔u.va.'a.Mal.khaH5999which thou takestעָמֵ֖ל'a.MelH6001under the sunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.

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