H9001–/וַ–v

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

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

Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [ergänzt: back] to see what shall be after him?

וְרָאִ֗יתִי (וְ) ve. “and”

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

וְשַׁ֣בְתִּֽי (וְ) ve. “and”וָאֶרְאֶה֙ (וָ) va. “and”

Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

וְרָאִ֨יתִֽי (וְ) ve. “and”

Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

וְשַׁ֧בְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”וָאֶרְאֶ֥ה (וָ) va. “and”

Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm [ergänzt: alone]?

וְחַ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that is was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

וְחִבֵּ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

וְאָבַ֛ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹלִ֣יד (וְ) ve. “and”

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.

וְכָעַ֥ס (וְ) ve. “and”

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor-this is the gift of God.

וְהִשְׁלִיט֨וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

So I saw the wicked buried, and they came [ergänzt: to the grave]; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.

וָבָ֗אוּ (וָ) va. “and”

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor [ergänzt: all] the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.

וְשִׁבַּ֤חְתִּֽי (וְ) ve. “and”

then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

וְרָאִיתִי֮ (וְ) ve. “and”

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

וּבָֽא־ (וּ) u. “and”וְסָבַ֣ב (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָנָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

וּמָ֣צָא (וּ) u. “and”וּמִלַּט־ (וּ) u. “and”

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

וְאָמַ֣רְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

וְהִגִּ֣יעוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

וְשָׁ֥בוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows shall be darkened,

וְהִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָטְל֤וּ (וּ) u. “and”וְחָשְׁכ֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;

וְסֻגְּר֤וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

yea, they shall be afraid of [ergänzt: that which is] high, and terrors [ergänzt: shall be] in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:

וְסָבְב֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,

וְנָרֹ֥ץ (וְ) ve. “and”

And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, [ergänzt: and] set in order many proverbs.

וְאִזֵּ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְחִקֵּ֔ר (וְ) ve. “and”

My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

וְאָ֣מַר (וְ) ve. “and”

Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart Upon the mountains of Bether.

וְנָ֖סוּ (וְ) ve. “and”