H9001–/וַ–v

Lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is Yahweh?' Or lest I be poor, and steal, And so dishonor the name of my God.

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

"Don't slander a servant to his master, Lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

וְאָשָֽׁמְתָּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

The ants are not a strong people, 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 they advance in ranks;

וַיֵּצֵ֖א (וַ) va “and”

She seeks wool and flax, And works eagerly with her hands.

וַ֝תַּ֗עַשׂ (וַ֝) va. “and”

She rises also while it is yet night, Gives food to her household, And portions for her servant girls.

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

She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.

וַתִּקָּחֵ֑הוּ (וַ) va. “and”

She girds her loins with strength, And makes her arms strong.

וַ֝תְּאַמֵּ֗ץ (וַ֝) va. “and”

She makes linen garments and sells them, And delivers sashes to the merchant.

וַתִּמְכֹּ֑ר (וַ) va. “and”

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

וַ֝תִּשְׂחַ֗ק (וַ֝) va. “and”

Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:

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

The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

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

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

וְנָתַ֣תִּי (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וָאֶתְּנָ֤ה (וָ) va. “and”

I made myself 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 who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.

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

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

וּפָנִ֣יתִֽי (וּ) u. “and”

I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king's successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.

וּפָנִ֤יתִֽי (וּ) u. “and”

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

וְיָדַ֣עְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”

Then said I in my heart, "As it happens 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 worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

וְשָׂנֵ֙אתִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

וְשָׂנֵ֤אתִֽי (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

וְסַבּ֥וֹתִֽי (וְ) ve. “and”

There is nothing better for a man 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”