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Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

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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