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Ecclesiastes 1:13-18

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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