Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #280650

OSHB Ecc 7:25 הוֹלֵלוֹת (hōlēlōt) Strongs=1947 Lemma=‘הוֹלֵלָה’
contextual word gloss=‘madness(es)’ word gloss=‘madness’
Morphology=Ncfpa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-977

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Other uses (1) of identical word form הוֹלֵלוֹת (Morphology=Ncfpa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘הוֹלֵלוֹת’ (Morphology=Ncfpa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=plural State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘madness(es)’.

ECC 1:17 contextual word gloss=‘madness(es)’ word gloss=‘madness’ OSHB ECC 1:17 word 6

OET-LV: 17 And_I_gave heart _of_my to_know wisdom and_to _know madness(es) and_folly I _knew (cmp)_also this it is_a _striving _of wind. (ECC_1:17)

OET-RV: 17 I made it my aim to discover knowledge and wisdom versus madness and folly.
⇔ I was aware that that also is chasing after the wind (ECC 1:17)