סִכְלוּת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5531

folly — used 7 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

folly tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

סִכְלוּת: 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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: folly (6); [is] folly (1).

In the verses

Ecclesiastes 10:13 · tree →

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 · tree →

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.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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