Ecclesiastes 1
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Ecclesiastes 1:16-18

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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