Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 Puzzlement

Verse 1: שלח לחמך על פני המים כי ברב הימים תמצאנו

Send/set your bread upon the surface of the waters for in many days you shall discover it.

Verse 2: תן חלק ל שבע וגם ל שמונה כי לא תדע מה יהיה רעה על הארץ

Give some to seven and also to eight as/that you would not know what evil befalls the land.

??? What is that ???

There is no meaning. I have heard some people attempting to relate this to investing in the stock market or financial fluidity. Which is a stretch.

Secondly, why can't verse 1 be translated as,

   Send/set your conflicts upon the surface of the waters ....

?

Isn't it interesting that לחם tells us to fight for our bread?

I think there is an ambiguity in verse 2 - just look at the sentence grammatically without depending on what which notable theologian or rabbi said. Could it be ...

   give some to 7/8 since you would not know what befalls the land
   give some to 7/8 because you would not know what befalls the land
   give some to 7/8 so that you would not know what befalls the land

?

So, could someone kindly explain and enlighten me on these two verses and as well as grammatically (not theologically) debunk my suggested translations?

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In SP, everything references Christ:

Bread is the body of Christ as defined by him. Water is the word of God. This is plural, the same as in Gen 1 when the Spirit hovered over the face of the waters, and the surface and face are the same word.

We have a 'callback to Genesis 1.2. Christ is the firmament and the bread, both of which are on the face of the waters, or the presentation of grace and holiness.

Many days can be rendered 'excellence of days', 'abundance of days', even something like 'culmination of days' since 'rob' means a multitude or abundance of any attribute.

Christ was cast out 'outside the camp' in accordance with the requirements of holiness and grace to be returned to us in the culmination of days.

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The number seven not only is a metaphor for completeness, but the word for seven means 'satisfied' and 'fullness'. The word for eight comes from a root meaning fat, or oil which are symbols of the Spirit.

The word for portion mean 'divide'. The divided hoof is a symbol of holiness.

Verse 2 suggests that you make yourself holy to 'the complete one' and to the Spirit before judgement comes.

This is no less than a parallel passage to Elijah preparing the hearts of 'the children' and John calling Israel to repentance.