H9001–/וַ–v

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

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

Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a 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”

So I returned, and considered 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”

Again, I considered all labor, and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

וְרָאִ֨יתִֽי (וְ) ve. “and”

Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

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

Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

וְחַ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְחִבֵּ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

But those riches perish by evil labor: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

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

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

וְכָעַ֥ס (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְהִשְׁלִיט֨וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also 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 merry: for that shall abide with him of his labor the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

וְשִׁבַּ֤חְתִּֽי (וְ) ve. “and”

Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man may labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yes further; though a wise man thinketh 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 now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

וְהִגִּ֣יעוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not darkened, nor 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 streets, when the sound of the grinding shall be low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low.

וְסֻגְּר֤וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

וְסָבְב֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Or ever the silver cord shall be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

וְנָרֹ֥ץ (וְ) ve. “and”

And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge: yes, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

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

My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

וְאָ֣מַר (וְ) ve. “and”

Until the day shall break, 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”