H9005–/ל–l

What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?

לָֽאָדָ֑ם (לָֽ) la. “[belongs] to <the>”

[supplied: One] generation passeth away, and [supplied: another] generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.

לְעוֹלָ֥ם (לְ) le. “for”

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

לָלָֽכֶת׃ (לָ) la. “to”

All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

לְדַבֵּ֑ר (לְ) le. “to”לִרְא֔וֹת (לִ) li “by”

Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.

לְעֹֽלָמִ֔ים (לְ) le. “to”מִלְּפָנֵֽנוּ׃ (לְּ) le. “to”

There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards.

לָרִאשֹׁנִ֑ים (לָ) la. “of the”לָאַחֲרֹנִ֜ים (לָ) la. “of the”לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “of <the>”לָאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃ (לָ) la. “to the”

And I applied my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this grievous occupation hath God given to the children of men to weary themselves therewith.

לִדְר֤וֹשׁ (לִ) li “to”וְלָתוּר֙ (לָ) la. “to”לִבְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “to”לַעֲנ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

לִתְקֹ֑ן (לִ) li “to”לְהִמָּנֽוֹת׃ (לְ) le. “to”

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְפָנַ֖י (לְ) le. “<to>”

And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind.

לָדַ֣עַת (לָ) la. “to”

I said of laughter, Madness! and of mirth, What availeth it?

לִשְׂח֖וֹק (לִ) li “of”וּלְשִׂמְחָ֖ה (לְ) le. “of”

I searched in my heart how to cherish my flesh with wine, while practising my heart with wisdom; and how to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was that good for the children of men which they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.

לִמְשׁ֥וֹךְ (לִ) li “to”וְלֶאֱחֹ֣ז (לֶ) le. “to”לִבְנֵ֤י (לִ) li “for”

I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;

לִי֙ (לִ) l “for <the>”לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “for <the>”

I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit;

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “for <the>”

I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are reared.

לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “for <the>”לְהַשְׁק֣וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

I acquired servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that had been in Jerusalem before me.

לִ֑י (לִ֑) L “to <the>”לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to <the>”לְפָנַ֖י (לְ) le. “<to>”

I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the children of men, a wife and concubines.

לִי֙ (לִ) l “for <the>”לִ֜י (לִ֜) l “for <the>”

And I became great, and increased more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

לְפָנַ֖י (לְ) le. “<to>”לִּֽי׃ (לִּֽ) L “to <the>”

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do [supplied: them]; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what shall the man [supplied: do] that cometh after the king? -- that which hath already been done.

לִרְא֣וֹת (לִ) li “to”

And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.

לַֽחָכְמָ֖ה (לַֽ) la. “of <the>”

And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

וְלָ֧מָּה (לָ֧) La. “<to>”

For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?

לֶחָכָ֛ם (לֶ) le. “of the”לְעוֹלָ֑ם (לְ) le. “for”

And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

לָאָדָ֖ם (לָ) la. “to the”

Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.

לְיַאֵ֣שׁ (לְ) le. “to”