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I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? (KJV)

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לִשְׂח֖וֹקlis.Chokof laughter

Lemma: שְׂחֹק (se.choq) · Strong's: H7814

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: laughter

Used 15 times. Also: Job 8:21, Job 12:4, Psalms 126:2, Proverbs 10:23, Proverbs 14:13, Ecclesiastes 7:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7814; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:2 word 1

אָמַ֣רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiI said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:2 word 2

מְהוֹלָ֑לme.ho.Lal[it is] folly

Lemma: הָלַל (ha.lal) · Strong's: H1984I

Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVPsmsa)

Meaning: to boast: rave madly

Used 5 times. Also: Psalms 102:8, Ecclesiastes 7:7, Jeremiah 46:9, Nahum 2:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1984I; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:2 word 3

וּלְשִׂמְחָ֖הu.le.sim.Chahand of pleasure

Lemma: שִׂמְחָה (sim.chah) · Strong's: H8057

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

Meaning: joy

Used 94 times. Also: Genesis 31:27, Numbers 10:10, Deuteronomy 28:47, Judges 16:23, 1 Samuel 18:6, 2 Samuel 6:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8057; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:2 word 4

מַה\־mah-what?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:2 word 5

זֹּ֥הzohthis

Lemma: זֹה (zoh) · Strong's: H2090

Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)

Meaning: this

Used 11 times. Also: Judges 18:4, 2 Samuel 11:25, 1 Kings 14:5, 2 Kings 6:19, Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 5:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2090; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:2 word 6

עֹשָֽׂה\׃'o.Sah[is it] doing

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrfsa)

Meaning: to make: do

Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:2 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

I said	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
of laughter	→	שְׂחֹק H7814 laughter
It is folly	→	הָלַל H1984I to boast: rave madly
and of pleasure	→	שִׂמְחָה H8057 joy
What	→	מָה H4100 what?
does it	→	זֹה H2090 this
accomplish	→	עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do

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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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