Ecclesiastes 9:5

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For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

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Hebrew words

כִּיkiforH3588הַחַיִּיםhachaiyimthe livingH2416יוֹדְעִיםyod'im[are] knowingH3045שֶׁיָּמֻתוּsheiyamututhat they will dieH4191וְהַמֵּתִיםvehametimand the deadH4191אֵינָם'einamnot theyH369יוֹדְעִיםyod'im[are] knowingH3045מְאוּמָהme'umahanythingH3972וְאֵין־ve'ein-and notH369עוֹדodstillH5750לָהֶםlahem[belongs] to <the> themשָׂכָרsakhara rewardH7939כִּיkiforH3588נִשְׁכַּחnishkachit is forgottenH7911זִכְרָם׃zikhrammemory theirH2143

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