3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ecclesiastes 6:3:1 ⧉אִם־יוֹלִ֣ידimyolidif he fathers or begets Ecclesiastes 6:3:2 ⧉אִ֣ישׁisha man Ecclesiastes 6:3:3 ⧉מֵאָ֡הmeaa hundred Ecclesiastes 6:3:4 ⧉וְשָׁנִים֩veshanimand years Ecclesiastes 6:3:5 ⧉רַבּ֨וֹתrabotmany Ecclesiastes 6:3:6 ⧉יִֽחְיֶ֜הyikhyehe lives Ecclesiastes 6:3:7 ⧉וְרַ֣בveravand many Ecclesiastes 6:3:8 ⧉שֶׁיִּהְי֣וּsheyihyuthat they will be Ecclesiastes 6:3:9 ⧉יְמֵֽי־שָׁנָ֗יוyemeshanavthe days of his years Ecclesiastes 6:3:10 ⧉וְנַפְשׁוֹ֙venafshoand his soul Ecclesiastes 6:3:11 ⧉לֹא־תִשְׂבַּ֣עlotisbeais not satisfied Ecclesiastes 6:3:12 ⧉מִן־הַטּוֹבָ֔הminhatovafrom the good Ecclesiastes 6:3:13 ⧉וְגַם־קְבוּרָ֖הvegamkevuraand also burial Ecclesiastes 6:3:14 ⧉לֹא־הָ֣יְתָהlohayetawas not Ecclesiastes 6:3:15 ⧉לּ֑וֹloto him Ecclesiastes 6:3:16 ⧉אָמַ֕רְתִּיamartiI said Ecclesiastes 6:3:17 ⧉ט֥וֹבtovbetter Ecclesiastes 6:3:18 ⧉מִמֶּ֖נּוּmimenuthan him Ecclesiastes 6:3:19 ⧉הַנָּֽפֶל׃hanafelthe stillborn child |
3. Formal Translation If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years—so that the days of his years are many—but his soul is not satisfied with good, and he does not even have a burial, I say that a stillborn is better than he. |
3. Dynamic Translation If a man has a hundred children and lives for many years—so long that his days are full—yet he finds no satisfaction in good things, and he does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn baby fares better than he. |