H9003–/ב–b

For all this I laid to my heart and [ergänzt: indeed] to investigate all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; man knoweth neither love nor hatred: all is before them.

בְּיַ֣ד (בְּ) be. “[are] in”

This is an evil among all that is done under the sun, that one thing befalleth all: yea, also the heart of the children of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live; and after that, [ergänzt: they have to go] to the dead.

בְּכֹ֤ל (בְּ) be. “in”בִּלְבָבָם֙ (בִּ) bi “[is] in”בְּחַיֵּיהֶ֔ם (בְּ) be. “in”

Their love also, and their hatred, and their envy is already perished; neither have they any more for ever a portion in all that is done under the sun.

בְּכֹ֥ל (בְּ) be. “in”

Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

בְּשִׂמְחָה֙ (בְּ) be. “with”בְלֶב־ (בְ) ve. “with”

Let thy garments be always white, and let not thy head lack oil.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “at”

Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity; for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherein thou art labouring under the sun.

בַּֽחַיִּ֔ים (בַּֽ) ba. “in <the>”וּבַעֲמָ֣לְךָ֔ (בַ) va. “in”

Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

בְּכֹחֲךָ֖ (בְּ) be. “with”בִּשְׁא֕וֹל (בִּ) bi “in”

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are taken with the snare, like them are the children of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

בִּמְצוֹדָ֣ה (בִּ) bi “in”בַּפָּ֑ח (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

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:

בָּ֖הּ (בָּ֖) ba “in <the>”

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

בָ֗הּ (בָ֗) Va “in <the>”בְּחָכְמָת֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “by”

The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

בְּנַ֖חַת (בְּ) be. “in”בַּכְּסִילִֽים׃ (בַּ) ba. “among <the>”

Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his sense faileth [ergänzt: him], and he saith to every one [ergänzt: that] he is a fool.

בַּדֶּ֛רֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “on the”

folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place.

בַּמְּרוֹמִ֖ים (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”בַּשֵּׁ֥פֶל (בַּ) ba. “in the”

He that diggeth a pit falleth into it; and whoso breaketh down a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

בּ֣וֹ (בּ֣) b “in <the>”

Whoso removeth stones is hurt therewith; he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

בָּהֶ֑ם (בָּ) ba. “by <the>”בָּֽם׃ (בָּֽ) Ba “by <the>”

If the serpent bite before enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantage.

בְּלוֹא־ (בְּ) be. “with”

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

בַּבֹּ֥קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a son of nobles, and thy princes eat in [ergänzt: due] season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”בִּגְבוּרָ֖ה (בִּ) bi “for”בַשְּׁתִֽי׃ (בַ) va. “for <the>”

By much sloth fulness the framework falleth in; and through idleness of the hands the house drippeth.

בַּעֲצַלְתַּ֖יִם (בַּ) ba. “in”וּבְשִׁפְל֥וּת (בְ) ve. “in”

Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for the bird of the air will carry the voice, and that which hath wings will tell the matter.

בְּמַדָּֽעֲךָ֗ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְחַדְרֵי֙ (בְ) ve. “in”

Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

בְרֹ֥ב (בְ) ve. “in”

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

בַּדָּר֖וֹם (בַּ) ba. “at the”בַּצָּפ֑וֹן (בַּ) ba. “at the”

He that observeth the wind will not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds will not reap.

בֶעָבִ֖ים (בֶ) ve. “on the”

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, how the bones [ergänzt: grow] in the womb of her that is with child, even so thou knowest not the work of God who maketh all.

בְּבֶ֣טֶן (בְּ) be. “in”

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

בַּבֹּ֙קֶר֙ (בַּ) ba. “in the”