הוֹלֵלוּת

«הוֹלֵלוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: folly — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 1948 · BDB: הוֹלֵלוּת

Glosses

[is].madness (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

folly tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. id. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. id. (formed unusually from the ptcp., an Aramaic formation, cf. BaNB 414 f.) תְּחִלַּת דִּבְרֵי־פִיהוּ סִכְלוּת וְאַחֲרִית פִּיהוּ הוֹלֵלוּת רָעָה Ec 10:13 the beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, and the end of his mouth (his speech) is evil madness.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «הוֹלֵלוּת» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Ecclesiastes 10:13

תְּחִלַּ֥ת דִּבְרֵי־פִ֖יהוּ סִכְל֑וּת וְאַחֲרִ֣ית פִּ֔יהוּ הוֹלֵל֖וּת רָעָֽה׃

Word for word: the.beginning of.the.words his.mouth his [is].folly and the.end his.mouth his [is].madness evil

JPS 1917: The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is grievous madness.

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