סִכְלוּת

«סִכְלוּת» 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 2 verses in layers.

Used: 7 times · Key: 5531 · BDB: סִכְלוּת

Glosses

folly (6); [is].folly (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

folly tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. folly tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. folly;—ס׳ Ec 2:3, 12, 13; 7:25; 10:1, 13; שׂ׳ Ec 1:17 (שׂ erroneously for ס).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «סִכְלוּת» 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.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

זְב֣וּבֵי מָ֔וֶת יַבְאִ֥ישׁ יַבִּ֖יעַ שֶׁ֣מֶן רוֹקֵ֑חַ יָקָ֛ר מֵחָכְמָ֥ה מִכָּב֖וֹד סִכְל֥וּת מְעָֽט׃

Word for word: flies of.death it.causes.to.stink it.ferments [the].oil of.a.perfumer [is].weighty more than.wisdom more than.honor folly a.little

JPS 1917: Dead flies make the ointment of the perfumer fetid and putrid; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.

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