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Ecclesiastes 11:1-6

1Castשַׁלַּ֥חsha.LachH7971thybreadלַחְמְךָ֖lach.me.KhaH3899uponפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440thewatersהַמָּ֑יִםha.Ma.yimH4325: for thou shaltfindתִּמְצָאֶֽנּוּ׃tim.tza.'E.nuH4672it aftermanyבְרֹ֥בve.RoH7230daysהַיָּמִ֖יםhai.ya.MimH3117.

2Giveתֶּן־ten-H5414aportionחֵ֥לֶקChe.lekH2506tosevenלְשִׁבְעָ֖הle.shiv.'AhH7651, and also toeightלִשְׁמוֹנָ֑הlish.mo.NahH8083; for thouknowestתֵדַ֔עte.Da'H3045not whatevilרָעָ֖הra.'AhH7451shall be upon theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

3If thecloudsהֶעָבִ֥יםhe.'a.VimH5645arefullיִמָּלְא֨וּyi.mal.'UH4390ofrainגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ge.shemH1653, theyemptyיָרִ֔יקוּya.Ri.kuH7324themselves upon theearthהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776: and if thetreeעֵ֛ץ'etzH6086fallethיִפּ֥וֹלyi.PolH5307toward thesouthבַּדָּר֖וֹםba.da.RomH1864, or toward thenorthבַּצָּפ֑וֹןba.tza.FonH6828, in theplaceמְק֛וֹםme.KomH4725where thetreeהָעֵ֖ץha.'EtzH6086fallethשֶׁיִּפּ֥וֹלshei.yi.PolH5307, there it shallbeיְהֽוּא׃ye.Hu'H1933.

4He thatobservethשֹׁמֵ֥רsho.MerH8104thewindר֖וּחַRu.achH7307shall notsowיִזְרָ֑עyiz.Ra'H2232; and he thatregardethוְרֹאֶ֥הve.ro.'EhH7200thecloudsבֶעָבִ֖יםve.'a.VimH5645shall notreapיִקְצֽוֹר׃yik.TzorH7114.

5As thouknowestיוֹדֵ֙עַ֙yo.De.a'H3045not what is thewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of thespiritהָר֔וּחַha.Ru.achH7307, nor how thebonesכַּעֲצָמִ֖יםka.'a.tza.MimH6106do grow in thewombבְּבֶ֣טֶןbe.Ve.tenH990of her that is withchildהַמְּלֵאָ֑הha.me.le.'AhH4392: even so thouknowestתֵדַע֙te.Da'H3045not theworksמַעֲשֵׂ֣הma.'a.SehH4639ofGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430whomakethיַעֲשֶׂ֖הya.'a.SehH6213all.

6In themorningבַּבֹּ֙קֶר֙ba.Bo.kerH1242sowזְרַ֣עze.Ra'H2232thyseedזַרְעֶ֔ךָzar.'E.khaH2233, and in theeveningוְלָעֶ֖רֶבve.la.'E.revH6153withholdH3240not thyhandיָדֶ֑ךָya.De.khaH3027: for thouknowestיוֹדֵ֜עyo.De'H3045notwhichאֵ֣י'eiH335shallprosperיִכְשָׁר֙yikh.SharH3787, either this or that, or whether theybothשְׁנֵיהֶ֥םshe.nei.HemH8147shall bealikeכְּאֶחָ֖דke.'e.ChadH259goodטוֹבִֽים׃to.VimH2896.

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