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Ecclesiastes 6

1Thereisיֵ֣שׁyeshH3426anevilרָעָ֔הra.'AhH7451which I haveseenרָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiH7200under thesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121, and it iscommonוְרַבָּ֥הve.ra.BahH7227amongmenהָאָדָֽם׃ha.'a.DamH120:

2Amanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376to whomGodהָאֱלֹהִ֡יםha.'E.lo.HimH430hathgivenיִתֶּן־yi.ten-H5414richesעֹשֶׁר֩'o.SherH6239,wealthוּנְכָסִ֨יםu.ne.kha.SimH5233, andhonourוְכָב֜וֹדve.kha.VodH3519, so that helackethחָסֵ֥רcha.SerH2638nothing for hissoulלְנַפְשׁ֣וֹ׀le.naf.ShoH5315of all that hedesirethיִתְאַוֶּ֗הyit.'a.VehH183, yetGodהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.HimH430giveth him notpowerיַשְׁלִיטֶ֤נּוּyash.li.Te.nuH7980toeatלֶאֱכֹ֣לle.'e.KholH398of it, but astrangerאִ֥ישׁ נָכְרִ֖י'ish na.khe.RiH376 H5237eatethיֹֽאכֲלֶ֑נּוּyo.kha.Le.nuH398it: this isvanityהֶ֛בֶלHe.velH1892, and it is anevilרָ֖עra'H7451diseaseוָחֳלִ֥יvo.cho.LiH2483.

3If amanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376begettethיוֹלִ֣ידyo.LidH3205anhundredמֵאָ֡הme.'AhH3967children, andlivethיִֽחְיֶ֜הyich.YehH2421manyרַבּ֨וֹתra.BotH7227yearsוְשָׁנִים֩ve.sha.NimH8141, so that thedaysיְמֵֽי־ye.mei-H3117of hisyearsשָׁנָ֗יוsha.NavH8141aremanyוְרַ֣ב׀ve.RavH7227, and hissoulוְנַפְשׁוֹ֙ve.naf.ShoH5315is notfilledתִשְׂבַּ֣עtis.Ba'H7646withgoodהַטּוֹבָ֔הha.to.VahH2896, and also that he hath noburialקְבוּרָ֖הke.vu.RahH6900; Isayאָמַ֕רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559, that an untimelybirthהַנָּֽפֶל׃ha.Na.felH5309isbetterט֥וֹבTovH2896than he.

4For hecomethבָּ֖אba'H935withvanityבַהֶ֥בֶלva.He.velH1892, anddepartethH3212indarknessוּבַחֹ֣שֶׁךְu.va.Cho.shekhH2822, and hisnameשְׁמ֥וֹshe.MoH8034shall becoveredיְכֻסֶּֽה׃ye.khu.SehH3680withdarknessוּבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְu.va.Cho.shekhH2822.

5Moreover he hath notseenרָאָ֖הra.'AhH7200thesunשֶׁ֥מֶשׁShe.meshH8121, norknownיָדָ֑עya.Da'H3045any thing :thisלָזֶ֖הla.ZehH2088hath morerestנַ֥חַתNa.chatH5183thanמִזֶּֽה׃mi.ZehH2088the other.

6Yea,thoughוְאִלּ֣וּve.'i.LuH432helivethחָיָ֗הcha.YahH2421athousandאֶ֤לֶף'E.lefH505yearsשָׁנִים֙sha.NimH8141twiceפַּעֲמַ֔יִםpa.'a.Ma.yimH6471told, yet hath heseenרָאָ֑הra.'AhH7200nogoodוְטוֹבָ֖הve.to.VahH2896: do not allgoהוֹלֵֽךְ׃ho.LekhH1980tooneאֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadH259placeמָק֥וֹםma.KomH4725?

7All thelabourעֲמַ֥ל'a.MalH5999ofmanהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120is for hismouthלְפִ֑יהוּle.Fi.huH6310, and yet theappetiteהַנֶּ֖פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315is notfilledתִמָּלֵֽא׃ti.ma.Le'H4390.

8For what hath thewiseלֶחָכָ֖םle.cha.KhamH2450moreיּוֹתֵ֥רyo.TerH3148than thefoolהַכְּסִ֑ילha.ke.SilH3684? what hath thepoorלֶּעָנִ֣יle.'a.NiH6041, thatknowethיוֹדֵ֔עַyo.De.a'H3045towalkלַהֲלֹ֖ךְla.ha.LokhH1980before thelivingהַחַיִּֽים׃ha.chai.YimH2416?

9Betterט֛וֹבTovH2896is thesightמַרְאֵ֥הmar.'EhH4758of theeyesעֵינַ֖יִם'ei.Na.yimH5869than thewanderingמֵֽהֲלָךְ־me.ha.lokh-H1980of thedesireנָ֑פֶשׁNa.feshH5315: this is alsovanityהֶ֖בֶלHe.velH1892andvexationוּרְע֥וּתu.re.'UtH7469ofspiritרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

10That which hath been isnamedנִקְרָ֣א שְׁמ֔וֹnik.Ra' she.MoH7121 H8034alreadyכְּבָר֙ke.VarH3528, and it isknownוְנוֹדָ֖עve.no.Da'H3045that it ismanאָדָ֑ם'a.DamH120: neithermayיוּכַ֣לyu.KhalH3201hecontendלָדִ֔יןla.DinH1777with him that ismightierשֶׁתַּקִּ֖יףshe.hat.kifH8623than he.

11Seeing thereareיֵשׁ־yesh-H3426manyהַרְבֵּ֖הhar.BehH7235thingsדְּבָרִ֥יםde.va.RimH1697thatincreaseמַרְבִּ֣יםmar.BimH7235vanityהָ֑בֶלHa.velH1892, what ismanלָאָדָֽם׃la.'a.DamH120thebetterיֹּתֵ֖רyo.TerH3148?

12For whoknowethיוֹדֵעַ֩yo.de.a'H3045what isgoodטּ֨וֹבTovH2896formanלָֽאָדָ֜םla.'a.DamH120in thislifeבַּֽחַיִּ֗יםba.chai.YimH2416,allמִסְפַּ֛רmis.ParH4557thedaysיְמֵי־ye.mei-H3117of hisvainהֶבְל֖וֹhev.LoH1892lifeחַיֵּ֥יchai.YeiH2416which hespendethוְיַעֲשֵׂ֣םve.ya.'a.SemH6213as ashadowכַּצֵּ֑לka.TzelH6738? for who cantellיַגִּ֣ידya.GidH5046amanלָֽאָדָ֔םla.'a.DamH120what shall beafterאַחֲרָ֖יו'a.cha.RavH310him under thesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121?

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 6

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