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title: קֹהֶלֶת — collector · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֹהֶלֶת (6953), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: collector. BDB 1906: n.m. collector preacher. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֹהֶלֶת

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«קֹהֶלֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **collector** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 6953 · **BDB:** קֹהֶ֫לֶת

### Glosses

Teacher (6); of.Teacher (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

collector [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6953/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. collector preacher [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6953/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (†קוֹהֶ֫לֶת Ec 12:8) n.m. Ec 1:2 collector (of sentences), or (AV RV) preacher (concionator Jer.: ἐκκλησιαστής 𝔊 (member of an ἐκκλησία); fem. either of office, Ges§ 122 r De Now Che, cf. סֹפֶרֶת Ezr 2:55; خَلِيفَةٌ, Khalif; Germ. Majestät, Excellenz; or as in Arabic with intensive force, one realizing the idea in its completeness (cf. جَمَّاعَةٌ great collector, بَاقِرَةٌ deep investigator (formed like קֹהֶלֶת), WAG i. § 233 R. c. v. DrIntr. 466; RVm great orator): hence either convener, or great collector (of sentences), cf. בַּעֲלֵי אֲסֻפּוֹת Ec 12:11, בקּשׁ ק׳ למצא דברי חפץ v 10 (but Kö Einl. 428 Drl.c. al. speaker in assembly, Plumptre debater));—ק׳ a king in Jerus., son of David, prob. = Sol., the pseudonym of book of Ec.: Ec 1:1, v 2 (appos. of אֲנִי), called חכם 12:9, cf. v 10; אמר ק׳ 1:2, אמר הק׳ 12:8 + 7:27 for MT אמרה ק׳.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 «קֹהֶלֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6953/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 1:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.1.1/)

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דִּבְרֵי֙ קֹהֶ֣לֶת בֶּן־דָּוִ֔ד מֶ֖לֶךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* the.words of.Teacher the.son of.David king in Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* THE WORDS OF the Koheleth, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

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[Ecclesiastes 1:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.1.12/)

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אֲנִ֣י קֹהֶ֗לֶת הָיִ֥יתִי מֶ֛לֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* I Teacher I.was king over Israel in Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* I Koheleth have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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