H9005–/ל–l

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth no more how to be admonished.

לְהִזָּהֵ֖ר (לְ) le. “to”

For out of the prison-house he came forth to reign, although he was born poor in his kingdom.

לִמְלֹ֑ךְ (לִ) li “to”

[ergänzt: There is] no end of all the people, of all that stood before them; those however that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after the wind.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”לְכֹ֤ל (לְ) le. “to”לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם (לִ) li “<to>”

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and draw near to hear, rather than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

לִשְׁמֹ֔עַ (לִ) li “to”לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in the heavens, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few.

לְהוֹצִ֥יא (לְ) le. “to”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

לֵֽאלֹהִ֗ים (לֵֽ) le. “to”לְשַׁלְּמ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

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?

לַחֲטִ֣יא (לַ) la. “to”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לָ֣מָּה (לָ֣) La. “<to>”

Moreover the earth is every way profitable: the king [ergänzt: himself] is dependent upon the field.

לְשָׂדֶ֖ה (לְ) le. “to”

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what profit is there to the owner thereof, except the beholding [ergänzt: of them] with his eyes?

לִבְעָלֶ֔יהָ (לִ) li “[belongs] to”

The sleep of the labourer is sweet, whether he have eaten little or much; but the fulness of the rich doth not suffer him to sleep.

לֶֽעָשִׁ֔יר (לֶֽ) le. “of the”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “<to> <the>”לִישֽׁוֹן׃ (לִ) li. “to”

There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;

לִבְעָלָ֖יו (לִ) li “by”לְרָעָתֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go away again as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

לָלֶ֖כֶת (לָ) la. “to”

And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came so doth he go away, and what profit hath he, in having laboured for the wind?

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “[belongs] to <the>”לָרֽוּחַ׃ (לָ) la. “for the”

Behold what I have seen good and comely: [ergänzt: it is] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour wherewith [ergänzt: man] laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for that is his portion.

לֶֽאֶכוֹל־ (לֶֽ) le. “[is] to”וְ֠לִשְׁתּוֹת (לִ) li “to”וְלִרְא֨וֹת (לִ) li “to”ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “to <the>”

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.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to <the>”לֶאֱכֹ֤ל (לֶ) le. “to”וְלָשֵׂ֣את (לָ) la. “to”וְלִשְׂמֹ֖חַ (לִ) li “to”

one to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and a sore evil.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to <the>”לְנַפְשׁ֣וֹ׀ (לְ) le. “to”לֶאֱכֹ֣ל (לֶ) le. “to”

If a man beget a hundred [ergänzt: sons], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, but his soul be not filled with good, and also he have no burial, I say an untimely birth is better than he.

לּ֑וֹ (לּ֑) l “to <the>”

moreover it hath not seen nor known the sun: this hath rest rather than the other.

לָזֶ֖ה (לָ) la. “[belongs] to”

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

לְפִ֑יהוּ (לְ) le. “[is] for”

For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

לֶחָכָ֖ם (לֶ) le. “[belongs] to the”לֶּעָנִ֣י (לֶּ) le. “[belongs] to the”לַהֲלֹ֖ךְ (לַ) la. “to”

That which is hath already been named; and what man is, is known, and that he cannot contend with him that is mightier than he.

לָדִ֔ין (לָ) la. “to”

For there are many things that increase vanity: what is man advantaged?

לָאָדָֽם׃ (לָ) la. “[belongs] to <the>”

For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun?

לָֽאָדָ֜ם (לָֽ) la. “for <the>”לָֽאָדָ֔ם (לָֽ) la. “to <the>”

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: in that that is the end of all men, and the living taketh it to heart.

לָלֶ֣כֶת (לָ) la. “to”

It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise, than to hear the song of fools.

לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ (לִ) li “to”