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Ecclesiastes 7:8-14

8Betterט֛וֹבTovH2896is theendאַחֲרִ֥ית'a.cha.RitH319of athingדָּבָ֖רda.VarH1697than itsbeginningמֵֽרֵאשִׁית֑וֹme.re.shi.ToH7225: and thepatientאֶֽרֶךְ־'e.rekh-H750inspiritר֖וּחַRu.achH7307isbetterט֥וֹבTovH2896than theproudH1362inspiritרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

9Be nothastyתְּבַהֵ֥לte.va.HelH926in thyspiritבְּרֽוּחֲךָ֖be.ru.cha.KhaH7307to beangryלִכְע֑וֹסlikh.'osH3707: forangerכַ֔עַסKha.'asH3708restethיָנֽוּחַ׃ya.Nu.achH5117in thebosomבְּחֵ֥יקbe.CheikH2436offoolsכְּסִילִ֖יםke.si.LimH3684.

10Sayתֹּאמַר֙to.MarH559not thou, What is the cause that theformerהָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםha.Ri.sho.NimH7223daysשֶׁ֤הַיָּמִים֙she.hai.ya.mimH3117werebetterטוֹבִ֖יםto.VimH2896than these? for thou dost notenquireשָׁאַ֥לְתָּsha.'Al.taH7592wiselyמֵחָכְמָ֖הme.cha.khe.MahH2451concerning this.

11Wisdomחָכְמָ֖הchokh.mahH2451isgoodטוֹבָ֥הto.VahH2896with aninheritanceנַחֲלָ֑הna.cha.LahH5159: and by it there isprofitוְיֹתֵ֖רve.yo.TerH3148to them thatseeלְרֹאֵ֥יle.ro.'EiH7200thesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.

12Forwisdomהַֽחָכְמָ֖הha.cha.khe.MahH2451is adefenceבְּצֵ֥לbe.TzelH6738, andmoneyהַכָּ֑סֶףha.Ka.sefH3701is adefenceבְּצֵ֣לbe.TzelH6738: but theexcellencyוְיִתְר֣וֹןve.yit.RonH3504ofknowledgeדַּ֔עַתDa.'atH1847is, thatwisdomהַֽחָכְמָ֖הha.cha.khe.MahH2451givethlifeתְּחַיֶּ֥הte.chai.YehH2421to them thathaveבְעָלֶֽיהָ׃ve.'a.Lei.haH1167it.

13Considerרְאֵ֖הre.'EhH7200theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֣הma.'a.SehH4639ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430: for whocanיוּכַל֙yu.KhalH3201make thatstraightלְתַקֵּ֔ןle.ta.KenH8626, which he hath madecrookedעִוְּתֽוֹ׃i.ve.ToH5791?

14In thedayבְּי֤וֹםbe.YomH3117ofprosperityטוֹבָה֙to.VahH2896bejoyfulבְט֔וֹבve.TovH2896, but in thedayוּבְי֥וֹםu.ve.YomH3117ofadversityרָעָ֖הra.'AhH7451considerרְאֵ֑הre.'EhH7200:Godהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430also hathappointedעָשָׂ֣ה'a.SahH6213the one as wellasלְעֻמַּת־le.'u.mat-H5980the other, to theendדִּבְרַ֗תdiv.RatH1700thatmanהָֽאָדָ֛םha.'a.DamH120shouldfindיִמְצָ֧אyim.Tza'H4672nothingמְאֽוּמָה׃me.'U.mahH3972afterאַחֲרָ֖יו'a.cha.RavH310him.

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