10. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ecclesiastes 8:10:1 ⧉וּבְכֵ֡ןuvekhenand thus Ecclesiastes 8:10:2 ⧉רָאִיתִי֩raitiI saw Ecclesiastes 8:10:3 ⧉רְשָׁעִ֨יםreshaimwicked ones Ecclesiastes 8:10:4 ⧉קְבֻרִ֜יםkevurimburied Ecclesiastes 8:10:5 ⧉וָבָ֗אוּvavauand they came Ecclesiastes 8:10:6 ⧉וּמִמְּק֤וֹםumimmekomand from a place Ecclesiastes 8:10:7 ⧉קָדוֹשׁ֙kadoshholy Ecclesiastes 8:10:8 ⧉יְהַלֵּ֔כוּyehallekhuthey walked about Ecclesiastes 8:10:9 ⧉וְיִֽשְׁתַּכְּח֥וּveyishtakkhekhuand they were forgotten Ecclesiastes 8:10:10 ⧉בָעִ֖ירvairin the city Ecclesiastes 8:10:11 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherwhere Ecclesiastes 8:10:12 ⧉כֵּן־עָשׂ֑וּkenasuthus they did Ecclesiastes 8:10:13 ⧉גַּם־זֶ֖הgamzealso this Ecclesiastes 8:10:14 ⧉הָֽבֶל׃havelvanity |
10. Formal Translation And so I saw wicked men buried; they had come and gone from a holy place, and they were forgotten in the city where they had acted thus. This also is vanity. |
10. Dynamic Translation So I saw the wicked buried; they had come and gone from the consecrated site, and they were forgotten in the city where they had done so. This, too, is meaningless. |