Ecclesiastes 1:7
7קָנִיתִי עֲבָדִים וּשְׁפָחוֹת וּבְנֵי־בַיִת הָיָה לִי גַּם מִקְנֶה בָקָר וָצֹאן הַרְבֵּה הָיָה לִי מִכֹּל שֶׁהָיוּ לְפָנַי בִּירוּשָׁלָםִ ׃
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7קָנִיתִי עֲבָדִים וּשְׁפָחוֹת וּבְנֵי־בַיִת הָיָה לִי גַּם מִקְנֶה בָקָר וָצֹאן הַרְבֵּה הָיָה לִי מִכֹּל שֶׁהָיוּ לְפָנַי בִּירוּשָׁלָםִ ׃
Ecclesiastes 1 opens with the book's haunting refrain: "Vanity of vanities! All is vanity." The Preacher (Qoheleth) introduces his investigation into life "under the sun" — a phrase that will define the book's perspective. He observes the endless, repetitive cycles of nature and
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