H9001–/וַ–v

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

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

And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

וְרָאִ֗יתִי (וְ) ve. “and”

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

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

And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

וְרָאִ֨יתִֽי (וְ) ve. “and”

And 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 alone be warm?

וְחַ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an inadvertence. Wherefore should God be wroth at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

וְחִבֵּ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have 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 hath much vexation, and sickness, and irritation.

וְכָעַ֥ס (וְ) ve. “and”

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and power to eat thereof, and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labour: that is a gift of God.

וְהִשְׁלִיט֨וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have also seen the wicked buried and going away; and such as had acted rightly went from [ergänzt: the] holy place, and were forgotten in the city. This also is vanity.

וָבָ֗אוּ (וָ) va. “and”

And I commended mirth, because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry; for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.

וְשִׁבַּ֤חְתִּֽי (וְ) ve. “and”

then I saw that all [ergänzt: is] the work of God, [ergänzt: and] that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however man may labour to seek [ergänzt: it] out, yet doth he not find [ergänzt: it]; and even, if a wise [ergänzt: man] think to know [ergänzt: it], he shall not be able to find [ergänzt: it] out.

וְרָאִיתִי֮ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

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

and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man.

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

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

וְאָמַ֣רְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”

And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which 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, be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

וְשָׁ֥בוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

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

and the doors are shut toward the street; when the sound of the grinding is subdued, and they rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low;

וְסֻגְּר֤וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

they are also afraid of what is high, and terrors are in the way, and the almond is despised, and the grasshopper is a burden, and the caper-berry is without effect; (for man goeth to his age-long home, and the mourners go about the streets;)

וְסָבְב֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

-- before the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be shattered at the fountain, or the wheel be broken at the cistern;

וְנָרֹ֥ץ (וְ) ve. “and”

And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; and 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 dawn, and the shadows flee away. Turn, my beloved: be thou like a gazelle or a young hart, Upon the mountains of Bether.

וְנָ֖סוּ (וְ) ve. “and”