H9001–/וַ–v

Lest I be full, and deny [ergänzt: thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.

וְכִחַשְׁתִּי֮ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”וְגָנַ֑בְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”וְ֝תָפַ֗שְׂתִּי (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

וְאָשָֽׁמְתָּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

The ants are a people not strong, Yet they provide their food in the summer;

וַיָּכִ֖ינוּ (וַ) va “and”

The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks;

וַיָּשִׂ֖ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

The locusts have no king, Yet go they forth all of them by bands;

וַיֵּצֵ֖א (וַ) va “and”

She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands.

וַ֝תַּ֗עַשׂ (וַ֝) va. “and”

She riseth also while it is yet night, And giveth food to her household, And their task to her maidens.

וַתָּ֤קָם׀ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּתֵּ֣ן (וַ) va. “and”

She considereth a field, and buyeth it; With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

וַתִּקָּחֵ֑הוּ (וַ) va. “and”

She girdeth her loins with strength, And maketh strong her arms.

וַ֝תְּאַמֵּ֗ץ (וַ֝) va. “and”

She maketh linen garments and selleth them, And delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

וַתִּמְכֹּ֑ר (וַ) va. “and”

Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come.

וַ֝תִּשְׂחַ֗ק (וַ֝) va. “and”

Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husband [ergänzt: also], and he praiseth her, [ergänzt: saying]:

וַֽיְאַשְּׁר֑וּהָ (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיְהַֽלְלָהּ׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.

וְזָרַ֥ח (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָ֣א (וּ) u. “and”

And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

וְנָתַ֣תִּי (וְ) ve. “and”

And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

וָאֶתְּנָ֤ה (וָ) va. “and”

I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;

וְנָטַ֥עְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”

So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

וְגָדַ֣לְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹסַ֔פְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

וּפָנִ֣יתִֽי (וּ) u. “and”

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [ergänzt: can] the man [ergänzt: do] that cometh after the king? [ergänzt: even] that which hath been done long ago.

וּפָנִ֤יתִֽי (וּ) u. “and”

The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

וְיָדַ֣עְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְאָמַ֨רְתִּֽי (וְ) ve. “and”וְדִבַּ֣רְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”

So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

וְשָׂנֵ֙אתִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

וְשָׂנֵ֤אתִֽי (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.

וְסַבּ֥וֹתִֽי (וְ) ve. “and”

There is nothing better for a man [ergänzt: than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

וְשָׁתָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֶרְאָ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”