H9006–/מ–m

I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.

מִלְּפָנָֽיו׃ (מִ) mi. “from”

So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

מֵאֲשֶׁ֨ר (מֵ) me. “more than”

And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

וּמִיַּ֤ד (מִ) mi. “[was] from”

Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.

מִשְּׁנֵיהֶ֔ם (מִ) mi. “more than”

And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

מֵרֵעֵ֑הוּ (מֵ) me. “from”

One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

מִמְּלֹ֥א (מִ) mi. “more than”

It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter wo

מִטּוֹבָ֔ה (מִ) mi. “from”

A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

מִמֶּ֤לֶךְ (מִ) mi. “more than”

Because out of a prison the young man comes to be king, though by birth he was only a poor man in the kingdom.

מִבֵּ֥ית (מִ) mi. “from”

Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.

מִתֵּ֥ת (מִ) mi. “more than”

It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.

מִשֶׁתִּדּ֖וֹר (מִ) mi. “more than”

If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.

מֵעַ֤ל (מֵ) me. “<from>”

As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.

מִבֶּ֣טֶן (מִ) mi. “from”

A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.

מִכֹּ֣ל (מִ) mi. “any of”

Yes, it saw not the sun, and it had no knowledge; it is better with this than with the other.

מִזֶּֽה׃ (מִ) mi. “more than”

What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

מֵֽהֲלָךְ־ (מֵֽ) me. “more than”

A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.

מִשֶּׁ֣מֶן (מִ) mi. “more than”מִיּ֖וֹם (מִ) mi. “more than”

It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

מִלֶּ֙כֶת֙ (מִ) mi. “more than”

Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

מִשְּׂחֹ֑ק (מִ) mi. “more than”

It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

מֵאִ֕ישׁ (מֵ) me. “more than”

The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

מֵֽרֵאשִׁית֑וֹ (מֵֽ) me. “more than”מִגְּבַהּ־ (מִ) mi. “more than”

Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

מֵאֵ֑לֶּה (מֵ) me. “more than”מֵחָכְמָ֖ה (מֵ) me. “from”

It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.

מִזֶּ֖ה (מִ) mi. “from”

Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.

מֵֽעֲשָׂרָה֙ (מֵֽ) me. “more than”

And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.

מִמָּ֗וֶת (מִ) mi. “more than”