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Ecclesiastes 6:7-12

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?

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