Revised Version 1895

Ecclesiastes 2:1-3

1ISAIDאָמַ֤רְתִּֽי'a.Mar.tiH559in mineheartבְּלִבִּ֔יbe.li.BiH3820,GoH4994tonowH4994, I will prove thee withmirthH8057; thereforeenjoyוּרְאֵ֣הu.re.'EhH7200pleasureבְשִׂמְחָ֖הve.sim.ChahH8057: and,beholdוְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.NehH2009, this also wasvanityהָֽבֶל׃Ha.velH1892.

2Isaidאָמַ֣רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559oflaughterלִשְׂח֖וֹקlis.ChokH7814, It is mad: and ofmirthוּלְשִׂמְחָ֖הu.le.sim.ChahH8057,Whatמַה־mah-H4100doeth it?

3I searched inmineH8478heartבְלִבִּ֔יve.li.BiH3820howH834to cheer myfleshבְּשָׂרִ֑יbe.sa.RiH1320withwineבַּיַּ֖יִןbai.Ya.yinH3196,mineH8478heartוְלִבִּ֞יve.li.BiH3820yet guidingmeH7200withwisdomבַּֽחָכְמָה֙ba.cha.khe.MahH2451, andhowH834tolayH1121holdוְלֶאֱחֹ֣זve.le.'e.ChozH270onfollyבְּסִכְל֔וּתbe.sikh.LutH5531,tillH5704I mightseeH7200whatH834it wasgoodט֜וֹבTovH2896for thesonsH1121ofmenהָאָדָם֙ha.'a.DamH120that they shoulddoיַעֲשׂוּ֙ya.'a.SuH6213underH8478theheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064allH5704thedaysיְמֵ֥יye.MeiH3117of theirlifeH3117.

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