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Ecclesiastes 5:10-17

10He thatlovethאֹהֵ֥ב'o.HevH157silverכֶּ֙סֶף֙ke.sefH3701shall not besatisfiedיִשְׂבַּ֣עyis.Ba'H7646withsilverכֶּ֔סֶףKe.sefH3701; nor he thatlovethאֹהֵ֥ב'o.HevH157abundanceבֶּהָמ֖וֹןbe.ha.MonH1995withincreaseתְבוּאָ֑הte.vu.'AhH8393: this is alsovanityהָֽבֶל׃Ha.velH1892.

11Whengoodsהַטּוֹבָ֔הha.to.VahH2896increaseH7235, they areincreasedרַבּ֖וּra.BuH7231thateatH398them: and whatgoodכִּשְׁרוֹן֙kish.rOnH3788is there to theownersלִבְעָלֶ֔יהָliv.'a.Lei.haH1167of them,exceptH518thebeholdingרְא֥וּתre.'i.yatH7207 H7212of them with theireyesעֵינָֽיו׃'ei.NavH5869?

12Thesleepשְׁנַ֣תshe.NatH8142of a labouringmanהָעֹבֵ֔דha.'o.VedH5647issweetמְתוּקָה֙me.tu.KahH4966, whether heeatethיֹאכֵ֑לyo.KhelH398littleמְעַ֥טme.'AtH4592ormuchהַרְבֵּ֖הhar.BehH7235: but theabundanceוְהַשָּׂבָע֙ve.ha.sa.Va'H7647of therichלֶֽעָשִׁ֔ירle.'a.ShirH6223will notallowH3240him tosleepלִישֽׁוֹן׃li.ShonH3462.

13Thereisיֵ֚שׁyeshH3426agrievousחוֹלָ֔הcho.LahH2470evilH7451which I haveseenרָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiH7200under thesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121, namely,richesH6239keptשָׁמ֥וּרsha.MurH8104for theownersלִבְעָלָ֖יוliv.'a.LavH1167of them to theirhurtH7451.

14But thoserichesהָעֹ֥שֶׁרha.'O.sherH6239perishוְאָבַ֛דve.'a.VadH6byevilרָ֑עRa'H7451labourבְּעִנְיַ֣ןbe.'in.YanH6045: and hebegettethוְהוֹלִ֣ידve.ho.LidH3205asonבֵּ֔ןBenH1121, and there isnothingH3972in hishandH3027.

15As he cameforthיָצָא֙ya.Tza'H3318of hismother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517wombמִבֶּ֣טֶןmi.Be.tenH990,nakedעָר֛וֹםa.RomH6174shall hereturnיָשׁ֥וּבya.ShuvH7725togoH3212as hecameH935, and shalltakeיִשָּׂ֣אyi.Sa'H5375nothingוּמְא֙וּמָה֙u.me.'U.mahH3972of hislabourבַעֲמָל֔וֹva.'a.ma.LoH5999, which he may carryawayH3212in hishandבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027.

16Andthisזֹה֙zohH2090also is agrievousחוֹלָ֔הcho.LahH2470evilרָעָ֣הra.'AhH7451, that in allpointsעֻמַּ֥ת'u.MatH5980as hecameשֶׁבָּ֖אshe.Ba'H935, so shall hegoH3212: and whatprofitיִּתְר֣וֹןyit.RonH3504hath he that hathlabouredשֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖לshei.ya.'a.MolH5998for thewindלָרֽוּחַ׃la.Ru.achH7307?

17All hisdaysH3117also heeatethH398indarknessבַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhH2822, and he hathmuchהַרְבֵּ֖הhar.BehH7235sorrowוְכָעַ֥סve.kha.'AsH3707andwrathוָקָֽצֶף׃va.Ka.tzefH7110with hissicknessוְחָלְי֥וֹve.chal.YoH2483.

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