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Ecclesiastes 7:25-29

25Iappliedסַבּ֨וֹתִֽיsa.Bo.tiH5437myheartוְלִבִּי֙ve.li.BiH3820toknowלָדַ֣עַתla.Da.'atH3045, and tosearchוְלָת֔וּרve.la.TurH8446, and to seekoutוּבַקֵּ֥שׁu.va.KeshH1245wisdomחָכְמָ֖הchokh.mahH2451, and thereasonוְחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןve.chesh.BonH2808of things, and toknowוְלָדַ֙עַת֙ve.la.Da.'atH3045thewickednessרֶ֣שַׁעRe.sha'H7562offollyכֶּ֔סֶלKe.selH3689, even offoolishnessוְהַסִּכְל֖וּתve.ha.sikh.LutH5531andmadnessהוֹלֵלֽוֹת׃ho.le.LotH1947:

26And Ifindוּמוֹצֶ֨אu.mo.Tze'H4672morebitterמַ֣רmarH4751thandeathמִמָּ֗וֶתmi.Ma.vetH4194thewomanהָֽאִשָּׁה֙ha.'i.ShahH802, whoseheartלִבָּ֖הּli.BahH3820issnaresמְצוֹדִ֧יםme.tzo.DimH4685andnetsוַחֲרָמִ֛יםva.cha.ra.MimH2764, and herhandsיָדֶ֑יהָya.Dei.haH3027asbandsאֲסוּרִ֣ים'a.su.RimH612: whoeverpleasethט֞וֹב לִפְנֵ֤יTov lif.NeiH2896 H6440Godהָאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.HimH430shallescapeיִמָּלֵ֣טyi.ma.LetH4422from her; but thesinnerוְחוֹטֵ֖אve.cho.Te'H2398shall betakenיִלָּ֥כֶדyi.La.khedH3920by her.

27Beholdרְאֵה֙re.'EhH7200, this have Ifoundמָצָ֔אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672,saithאָמְרָ֖ה'a.me.RahH559thepreacherקֹהֶ֑לֶתko.He.letH6953, countingoneאַחַ֥ת'a.ChatH259byoneלְאַחַ֖תle.'a.ChatH259, to findoutלִמְצֹ֥אlim.Tzo'H4672theaccountחֶשְׁבּֽוֹן׃chesh.BonH2808:

28Which yet mysoulנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315seekethבִּקְשָׁ֥הbik.ShahH1245, but Ifindמָצָ֑אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672not:oneאֶחָ֤ד'e.ChadH259manאָדָ֞ם'a.DamH120among athousandמֵאֶ֙לֶף֙me.'E.lefH505have Ifoundמָצָ֔אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672; but awomanוְאִשָּׁ֥הve.'i.ShahH802among all those have I notfoundמָצָֽאתִי׃ma.Tza.tiH4672.

29Loרְאֵה־re.'eh-H7200, thisonlyלְבַד֙le.VadH905have Ifoundמָצָ֔אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672, thatGodהָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430hathmadeעָשָׂ֧ה'a.SahH6213manהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120uprightיָשָׁ֑רya.SharH3477; but they have soughtoutבִקְשׁ֖וּvik.ShuH1245manyרַבִּֽים׃ra.BimH7227devicesחִשְּׁבֹנ֥וֹתchi.she.vo.NotH2810.

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