Ecclesiastes 1

Solomon declares that all earthly pursuits and possessions are vanity and meaningless, emphasizing that life under the sun yields no lasting gain despite human effort and wisdom.[1][8]

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דִּבַּ֨רְתִּי 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤕𐤉 dibareti I spoke I spoke HVpp1cs אֲנִ֤י 𐤀𐤍𐤉 ani Ine (Bemba) I I HPp1cs עִם 𐤏𐤌 im if / whether with HR לִבִּ/י֙ 𐤋𐤁/𐤉 libi my inner core my inner core HNcmsc/Sp1cs לֵ/אמֹ֔ר 𐤋/𐤀𐤌𐤓 lemor to say to say HR/Vqc אֲנִ֗י 𐤀𐤍𐤉 ani-2 Ine (Bemba) I I HPp1cs הִנֵּ֨ה 𐤄𐤍𐤄 hineh bona (Lozi) Look! look HTm הִגְדַּ֤לְתִּי 𐤄𐤂𐤃𐤋𐤕𐤉 higedaleti I made great I made great HVhp1cs וְ/הוֹסַ֨פְתִּי֙ 𐤅/𐤄𐤅𐤎𐤐𐤕𐤉 vehosafeti and I will add and I increased HC/Vhp1cs חָכְמָ֔ה 𐤇𐤊𐤌𐤄 chakhemah wisdom wisdom HNcfsa עַ֛ל 𐤏𐤋 al upon upon HR כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal entirety of all of HNcmsa אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher that-which that which HTr הָיָ֥ה 𐤄𐤉𐤄 hayah he was / he became was HVqp3ms לְ/פָנַ֖/י 𐤋/𐤐𐤍/𐤉 lefanay before my face to before my face HR/Ncbpc/Sp1cs עַל 𐤏𐤋 al-2 upon upon HR יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 yerushalaim Foundation of Wholeness Yerushalam HNp וְ/לִבִּ֛/י 𐤅/𐤋𐤁/𐤉 velibi my inner core and my inner core HC/Ncmsc/Sp1cs רָאָ֥ה 𐤓𐤀𐤄 raah seeing seeing HVqp3ms הַרְבֵּ֖ה 𐤄𐤓𐤁𐤄 harebeh cause to multiply much HVha חָכְמָ֥ה 𐤇𐤊𐤌𐤄 chakhemah-2 wisdom wisdom HNcfsa וָ/דָֽעַת 𐤅/𐤃𐤏𐤕 vadaat and knowledge and knowledge HC/Ncfsa