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Ecclesiastes 4:7-12

7Then Ireturnedוְשַׁ֧בְתִּיve.Shav.tiH7725, and Isawוָאֶרְאֶ֥הva.'er.'EhH7200vanityהֶ֖בֶלHe.velH1892under thesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.

8Thereisיֵ֣שׁyeshH3426oneאֶחָד֩'e.ChadH259alone, and there is not asecondשֵׁנִ֜יshe.NiH8145; yea, he hath neitherchildבֵּ֧ןbenH1121norbrotherוָאָ֣חva.'AchH251: yet is there noendקֵץ֙ketzH7093of all hislabourעֲמָל֔וֹa.ma.LoH5999; neither is hiseyeעֵינ֖וֹei.navH5869satisfiedתִשְׂבַּ֣עtis.Ba'H7646withrichesעֹ֑שֶׁר'O.sherH6239; neither saith he, For whom do Ilabourעָמֵ֗ל'a.MelH6001, andbereaveוּמְחַסֵּ֤רu.me.cha.SerH2637mysoulנַפְשִׁי֙naf.ShiH5315ofgoodמִטּוֹבָ֔הmi.to.VahH2896? This is alsovanityהֶ֛בֶלHe.velH1892, yea, it is agrievousרָ֖עra'H7451labourוְעִנְיַ֥ןve.'in.YanH6045.

9Twoהַשְּׁנַ֖יִםha.she.Na.yimH8147arebetterטוֹבִ֥יםto.VimH2896thanoneהָאֶחָ֑דha.'e.ChadH259; because theyhaveיֵשׁ־yesh-H3426agoodט֖וֹבTovH2896rewardשָׂכָ֥רsa.KharH7939for theirlabourבַּעֲמָלָֽם׃ba.'a.ma.LamH5999.

10For if theyfallיִפֹּ֔לוּyi.Po.luH5307, theoneהָאֶחָ֖דha.'e.ChadH259will liftupיָקִ֣יםya.KimH6965hiscompanionחֲבֵר֑וֹcha.ve.RoH2270: butwoeוְאִ֣יל֗וֹve.'I.LoH337to him that isaloneהָֽאֶחָד֙ha.'e.ChadH259when hefallethשֶׁיִּפּ֔וֹלshei.yi.PolH5307; for he hath notanotherשֵׁנִ֖יshe.NiH8145to help him toriseלַהֲקִימֽוֹ׃la.ha.ki.MoH6965.

11Againגַּ֛םgamH1571, iftwoשְׁנַ֖יִםshe.Na.yimH8147lietogetherיִשְׁכְּב֥וּyish.ke.VuH7901, then they haveheatH2552: but how canoneוּלְאֶחָ֖דu.le.'e.ChadH259bewarmH3179alone ?

12And ifoneהָאֶחָ֔דha.'e.ChadH259prevailethיִתְקְפוֹ֙yit.ke.FoH8630against him,twoהַשְּׁנַ֖יִםha.she.Na.yimH8147shallwithstandיַעַמְד֣וּya.'am.DuH5975him; and athreefoldהַֽמְשֻׁלָּ֔שׁham.shu.LashH8027cordוְהַחוּט֙ve.ha.ChutH2339is notquicklyבִמְהֵרָ֖הvim.he.RahH4120brokenיִנָּתֵֽק׃yi.na.TekH5423.

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