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title: הוֹלֵלוּת — folly · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הוֹלֵלוּת (1948), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: folly. BDB 1906: n.f. id. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הוֹלֵלוּת

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«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.

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

### Glosses

\[is\].madness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

folly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1948/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1948/#m2)

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**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.

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1948/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 10:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.10.13/)

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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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