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Ecclesiastes 1:2-8

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.

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