Ecclesiastes 10:13 Go deeper

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The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. (KJV)

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תְּחִלַּ֥תte.chi.Lat[the] beginning of

Lemma: תְּחִלָּה (te.chil.lah) · Strong's: H8462

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: beginning

Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 13:3, Genesis 41:21, Genesis 43:18, Genesis 43:20, Judges 1:1, Judges 20:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8462; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 10:13 word 1

דִּבְרֵי\־div.rei-[the] words of

Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: word

Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 10:13 word 2

פִ֖יהוּFi.humouth his

Lemma: פֶּה (peh) · Strong's: H6310G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: lip

Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 4:11, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 24:57, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 29:2, Genesis 29:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6310G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 10:13 word 3

סִכְל֑וּתsikh.Lut[is] folly

Lemma: סִכְלוּת (sikh.lut) · Strong's: H5531B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: folly

Used 6 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 2:3, Ecclesiastes 2:12, Ecclesiastes 2:13, Ecclesiastes 7:25, Ecclesiastes 10:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5531B; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 10:13 word 4

וְאַחֲרִ֣יתve.'a.cha.Ritand [the] end of

Lemma: אַחֲרִית (a.cha.rit) · Strong's: H0319

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: end

Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 49:1, Numbers 23:10, Numbers 24:14, Numbers 24:20, Deuteronomy 4:30, Deuteronomy 8:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0319; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 10:13 word 5

פִּ֔יהוּPi.humouth his

Lemma: פֶּה (peh) · Strong's: H6310I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: lip: word

Used 83 times. Also: Genesis 41:40, Genesis 45:21, Exodus 4:10, Exodus 17:1, Exodus 38:21, Leviticus 24:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6310I; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 10:13 word 6

הוֹלֵל֖וּתho.le.Lut[is] madness

Lemma: הוֹלֵלוּת (ho.le.lut) · Strong's: H1948

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: madness

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1948; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 10:13 word 7

רָעָֽה\׃ra.'Ahevil

Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: bad: evil

Used 178 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 28:8, Genesis 38:7, Genesis 41:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7451H; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 10:13 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

The beginning	→	תְּחִלָּה H8462 beginning
of his talk	→	דָּבָר H1697G word
. . .	→	פֶּה H6310G lip
is folly	→	סִכְלוּת H5531B folly
and the end	→	אַחֲרִית H0319 end
of his speech	→	פֶּה H6310G lip
is evil	→	רַע H7451H bad: evil
madness	→	הוֹלֵלוּת H1948 madness

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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