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Ecclesiastes 1

1Thewordsדִּבְרֵי֙div.ReiH1697of thePreacherקֹהֶ֣לֶתko.He.letH6953, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofDavidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732,kingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

2Vanityהֲבֵ֤לha.VelH1892ofvanitiesהֲבָלִים֙ha.va.LimH1892,saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559thePreacherקֹהֶ֔לֶתko.He.letH6953,vanityהֲבֵ֥לha.VelH1892ofvanitiesהֲבָלִ֖יםha.va.LimH1892; all isvanityהָֽבֶל׃Ha.velH1892.

3Whatprofitיִּתְר֖וֹןyit.RonH3504hath amanלָֽאָדָ֑םla.'a.DamH120of all hislabourעֲמָל֔וֹa.ma.LoH5999which hetakethשֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖לshei.ya.'a.MolH5998under thesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121?

4Onegenerationדּ֤וֹרDorH1755passethawayהֹלֵךְ֙ho.leKhH1980, and anothergenerationוְד֣וֹרve.DorH1755comethבָּ֔אBa'H935: but theearthוְהָאָ֖רֶץve.ha.'A.retzH776abidethעֹמָֽדֶת׃'o.Ma.detH5975foreverלְעוֹלָ֥םle.'o.LamH5769.

5Thesunהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁha.She.meshH8121alsorisethוְזָרַ֥חve.za.RachH2224, and thesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121goethdownוּבָ֣אu.Va'H935, andhastethשׁוֹאֵ֛ףsho.'EfH7602to hisplaceמְקוֹמ֔וֹme.ko.MoH4725where hearoseזוֹרֵ֥חַֽzo.Re.achH2224.

6Thewindהָר֔וּחַha.Ru.achH7307goethהוֹלֵךְ֙ho.leKhH1980toward thesouthדָּר֔וֹםda.RomH1864, and turnethaboutH5437to thenorthצָפ֑וֹןtza.FonH6828; it whirleth aboutcontinuallyהוֹלֵ֣ךְho.LekhH1980, and thewindהָרֽוּחַ׃ha.Ru.achH7307returnethagainשָׁ֥בshavH7725according to itscircuitsסְבִיבֹתָ֖יוse.vi.vo.TavH5439.

7All theriversהַנְּחָלִים֙ha.ne.cha.LimH5158runH1980into theseaהַיָּ֔םhai.YamH3220; yet theseaוְהַיָּ֖םve.hai.YamH3220is notfullמָלֵ֑אma.Le'H4392; to theplaceמְק֗וֹםme.KomH4725from which theriversשֶׁ֤הַנְּחָלִים֙she.ha.ne.cha.limH5158comeH1980, there theyreturnשָׁבִ֖יםsha.VimH7725againH3212.

8Allthingsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697are full oflabourיְגֵעִ֔יםye.ge.'ImH3023;manאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376cannotיוּכַ֥לyu.KhalH3201utterלְדַבֵּ֑רle.da.BerH1696it : theeyeעַ֙יִן֙'a.yinH5869is notsatisfiedתִשְׂבַּ֥עtis.Ba'H7646withseeingלִרְא֔וֹתlir.'otH7200, nor theearאֹ֖זֶן'O.zenH241filledתִמָּלֵ֥אti.ma.Le'H4390withhearingמִשְּׁמֹֽעַ׃mi.she.Mo.a'H8085.

9The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which isdoneשֶׁנַּֽעֲשָׂ֔הshe.na.'a.SahH6213is that which shall bedoneשֶׁיֵּעָשֶׂ֑הshei.ye.'a.SehH6213: and there is nonewחָדָ֖שׁcha.DashH2319thing under thesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.

10Isthereיֵ֥שׁyeshH3426anythingדָּבָ֛רda.VarH1697of which it may besaidשֶׁיֹּאמַ֥רshei.yo.MarH559,Seeרְאֵה־re.'eh-H7200, this isnewחָדָ֣שׁcha.DashH2319? it hath beenalreadyכְּבָר֙ke.VarH3528of oldtimeלְעֹֽלָמִ֔יםle.'o.la.MimH5769, which wasbeforeמִלְּפָנֵֽנוּ׃mi.le.fa.Ne.nuH6440us.

11There is noremembranceזִכְר֖וֹןzikh.RonH2146offormerלָרִאשֹׁנִ֑יםla.ri.sho.NimH7223things ; neither shall there be anyremembranceזִכָּר֔וֹןzi.ka.RonH2146of things that are tocomeלָאַחֲרֹנִ֜יםla.'a.cha.ro.NimH314with those that shall comeafterלָאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃ פla.'a.cha.ro.NahH314.

12I thePreacherקֹהֶ֗לֶתko.He.letH6953waskingמֶ֛לֶךְMe.lekhH4428overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

13And Igaveוְנָתַ֣תִּיve.na.Ta.tiH5414myheartלִבִּ֗יli.BiH3820toseekלִדְר֤וֹשׁlid.Ro.oshH1875and searchoutוְלָתוּר֙ve.la.TurH8446bywisdomבַּֽחָכְמָ֔הba.cha.khe.MahH2451concerning all things that aredoneנַעֲשָׂ֖הna.'a.SahH6213underheavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064: thisgrievousרָ֗עRa'H7451labourעִנְיַ֣ן'in.YanH6045hathGodאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430givenנָתַ֧ןna.TanH5414to thesonsלִבְנֵ֥יliv.NeiH1121ofmanהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120to beexercisedלַעֲנ֥וֹתla.'a.NotH6031with it.

14I haveseenרָאִ֙יתִי֙ra.'I.tiH7200all theworksהַֽמַּעֲשִׂ֔יםha.ma.'a.SimH4639that aredoneשֶֽׁנַּעֲשׂ֖וּshe.na.'a.SuH6213under thesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121; and, behold, all isvanityהֶ֖בֶלHe.velH1892andvexationוּרְע֥וּתu.re.'UtH7469ofspiritרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

15That which iscrookedמְעֻוָּ֖תme.'u.VatH5791cannotיוּכַ֣לyu.KhalH3201be madestraightלִתְקֹ֑ןlit.KonH8626: and that which islackingוְחֶסְר֖וֹןve.ches.RonH2642cannotיוּכַ֥לyu.KhalH3201benumberedלְהִמָּנֽוֹת׃le.hi.ma.NotH4487.

16Ispokeדִּבַּ֨רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696to my ownheartלִבִּי֙li.BiH3820,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, Lo, I have come to greatestateהִגְדַּ֤לְתִּיhig.Dal.tiH1431, and havegainedוְהוֹסַ֙פְתִּי֙ve.ho.Saf.tiH3254morewisdomחָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahH2451than all they that have beenbeforeלְפָנַ֖יle.fa.NaiH6440me inJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389: and myheartוְלִבִּ֛יve.li.BiH3820hadgreatהַרְבֵּ֖הhar.BehH7235experienceרָאָ֥הra.'AhH7200ofwisdomחָכְמָ֥הchokh.mahH2451andknowledgeוָדָֽעַת׃va.Da.'atH1847.

17And Igaveוָאֶתְּנָ֤הva.'e.te.NahH5414myheartלִבִּי֙li.BiH3820toknowלָדַ֣עַתla.Da.'atH3045wisdomחָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahH2451, and toknowוְדַ֥עַתve.Da.'atH3045madnessהוֹלֵל֖וֹתho.le.LotH1947andfollyוְשִׂכְל֑וּתve.sikh.LutH5531: Iperceivedיָדַ֕עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045thatthisשֶׁגַּם־she.gam-H1571also isvexationרַעְי֥וֹןra'.YonH7475ofspiritרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

18For inmuchH7230wisdomחָכְמָ֖הchokh.mahH2451ismuchH7230griefכָּ֑עַסKa.'asH3708: and he thatincreasethוְיוֹסִ֥יףve.yo.SifH3254knowledgeדַּ֖עַתDa.'atH1847increasethיוֹסִ֥יףyo.SifH3254sorrowמַכְאֽוֹב׃makh.'ovH4341.

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