H9030–נִי–ni

For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah;

מֹ֭צְאִי (י) i “me”

but he that sinneth against me doeth violence to his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

וְֽ֭חֹטְאִי (י) i “me”מְ֝שַׂנְאַ֗י (י) i “me”

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.

בִ֭י (י) i “me”

My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

לִ֑י (י) i “me”

-- ''They have smitten me, [ergänzt: and] I am not sore; they have beaten me, [ergänzt: and] I knew it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.''

הִכּ֥וּנִי (נִי) ni “me”הֲלָמ֗וּנִי (נִי) ni “me”

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.

לִ֭י (י) i “me”

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.

חֹרְפִ֣י (י) i “me”

He that rebuketh a man shall afterwards find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

אַ֭חֲרַי (י) i “me”

Truly *I* am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.

לִֽי׃ (י) i “me”

Two things do I ask of thee; deny me [ergänzt: them] not before I die:

מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי (נִּי) ni “me”

Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:

מִמֶּ֗נִּי (נִּי) ni “me”לִ֑י (י) i “me”הַ֝טְרִיפֵ֗נִי (נִי) ni “me”

There are three [ergänzt: things] too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:

מִמֶּ֑נִּי (נִּי) ni “me”

I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;

לִי֙ (י֙) i “myself”לִ֖י (י) i “myself”

I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit;

לִ֔י (י) i “myself”

I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are reared.

לִ֖י (י) i “myself”

I acquired servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that had been in Jerusalem before me.

לִ֑י (י) i “me”לִ֔י (י) i “me”

I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the children of men, a wife and concubines.

לִי֙ (י֙) i “myself”לִ֜י (י) i “myself”

And I became great, and increased more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

לִּֽי׃ (י) i “me”

And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

יִקְרֵ֔נִי (נִי) ni “me”

And I hated life; for the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

עָלַי֙ (י֙) i “me”

And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

אַחֲרָֽי׃ (י) i “me”

For who can eat, or who be eager, more than I?

מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ (נִּי) ni “me”

All this have I tried by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ (נִּי) ni “me”

This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it was great unto me.

אֵלָֽי׃ (י) i “me”

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;

לִ֥י (י) i “me”