7. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ecclesiastes 1:7:1 ⧉כָּל־הַנְּחָלִים֙kolhanekhalimall the streams or wadis Ecclesiastes 1:7:2 ⧉הֹלְכִ֣יםholekhimgo Ecclesiastes 1:7:3 ⧉אֶל־הַיָּ֔םelhayamto the sea Ecclesiastes 1:7:4 ⧉וְהַיָּ֖םvehayamand the sea Ecclesiastes 1:7:5 ⧉אֵינֶ֣נּוּenennuis not Ecclesiastes 1:7:6 ⧉מָלֵ֑אmalefull Ecclesiastes 1:7:7 ⧉אֶל־מְק֗וֹםelmekomto the place Ecclesiastes 1:7:8 ⧉שֶׁ֤הַנְּחָלִים֙shehanekhalimthat the streams or wadis Ecclesiastes 1:7:9 ⧉הֹֽלְכִ֔יםholekhimgo Ecclesiastes 1:7:10 ⧉שָׁ֛םshamthere Ecclesiastes 1:7:11 ⧉הֵ֥םhemthey Ecclesiastes 1:7:12 ⧉שָׁבִ֖יםshavimreturn Ecclesiastes 1:7:13 ⧉לָלָֽכֶת׃lalakhetto go |
7. Formal Translation All the rivers run to the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they return to go again. |
7. Dynamic Translation Every stream keeps flowing into the sea, but the sea never fills; to the place where the streams flow, they return to go their course. |