OET interlinear ECC 7:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

שְׂחֹ֣ק

laughter_of

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of laughter, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [when the fool laughs]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּ֣י כְ⁠ק֤וֹל הַ⁠סִּירִים֙ תַּ֣חַת הַ⁠סִּ֔יר כֵּ֖ן שְׂחֹ֣ק הַ⁠כְּסִ֑יל וְ⁠גַם זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל

that/for/because/then/when like,the_sound_of of_(the),thorns below/instead_of the,pot yes/correct/thus/so laughter_of of,the_fool and=also this Abel

The word translated as For indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [The reason is that the laughter of the fool is like the sound of the thorns under the cooking-pot. And this also is vapor]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְ⁠ק֤וֹל הַ⁠סִּירִים֙ תַּ֣חַת הַ⁠סִּ֔יר כֵּ֖ן שְׂחֹ֣ק הַ⁠כְּסִ֑יל

like,the_sound_of of_(the),thorns below/instead_of the,pot yes/correct/thus/so laughter_of of,the_fool

The point of this comparison is that just as the sound of the thorns under the cooking-pot is loud but quickly dies out without providing lasting heat, so is the laughter of the fool loud but empty and fleeting. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [the laughter of the fool is loud but empty and fleeting, just as the sound of the thorns under the cooking-pot quickly dies out]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠גַם זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל

and=also this Abel

Here Solomon is speaking as if something fleeting and meaningless were vapor. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And this also is nothing]