Ecclesiastes 7:25 Go deeper

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I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things , and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

סַבּ֨וֹתִֽיsa.Bo.tiI turned

Lemma: סָבַב (sa.vav) · Strong's: H5437G

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

Meaning: to turn: turn

Used 78 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 37:7, Genesis 42:24, Exodus 13:18, Exodus 28:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5437G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:25 word 1

אֲנִ֤י'a.NiI

Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)

Meaning: I

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:25 word 2

וְלִבִּי֙ve.li.Bi<and> heart my

Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A

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

Meaning: heart

Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:25 word 3

לָדַ֣עַתla.Da.'atto know

Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to know

Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:25 word 4

וְלָת֔וּרve.la.Turand to examine

Lemma: תּוּר (tur) · Strong's: H8446

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to spy

Used 24 times. Also: Numbers 10:33, Numbers 13:2, Numbers 13:16, Numbers 13:17, Numbers 13:21, Numbers 13:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8446; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:25 word 5

וּבַקֵּ֥שׁu.va.Keshand to seek

Lemma: בָּקַשׁ (ba.qash) · Strong's: H1245

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)

Meaning: to seek

Used 225 times. Also: Genesis 31:39, Genesis 37:15, Genesis 37:16, Genesis 43:9, Genesis 43:30, Exodus 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1245; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:25 word 6

חָכְמָ֖הchokh.mahwisdom

Lemma: חׇכְמָה (chokh.mah) · Strong's: H2451

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

Meaning: wisdom

Used 153 times. Also: Exodus 28:3, Exodus 31:3, Exodus 31:6, Exodus 35:26, Exodus 35:31, Exodus 35:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2451; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:25 word 7

וְחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןve.chesh.Bonand an explanation

Lemma: חֶשְׁבּוֹן (chesh.bon) · Strong's: H2808

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

Meaning: explanation

Used 3 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 7:27, Ecclesiastes 9:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2808; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:25 word 8

וְלָדַ֙עַת֙ve.la.Da.'atand to know

Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to know

Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:25 word 9

רֶ֣שַׁעRe.sha'wickedness

Lemma: רֶ֫שַׁע (re.sah) · Strong's: H7562

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

Meaning: wickedness

Used 30 times. Also: Deuteronomy 9:27, 1 Samuel 24:13, Job 34:8, Job 34:10, Job 35:8, Psalms 5:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7562; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:25 word 10

כֶּ֔סֶלKe.selstupidity

Lemma: כֶּ֫סֶל (ke.sel) · Strong's: H3689

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

Meaning: loin

Used 13 times. Also: Leviticus 3:4, Leviticus 3:10, Leviticus 3:15, Leviticus 4:9, Leviticus 7:4, Job 8:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3689; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:25 word 11

וְהַסִּכְל֖וּתve.ha.sikh.Lutand the 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 10:1, Ecclesiastes 10:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5531B; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:25 word 12

הוֹלֵלֽוֹת\׃ho.le.Lotmadness

Lemma: הוֹלֵלָה (ho.le.lah) · Strong's: H1947

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: madness

Used 4 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 1:17, Ecclesiastes 2:12, Ecclesiastes 9:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1947; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:25 word 13

How the BSB renders it

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

I	→	אֲנִי H0589 I
directed	→	סָבַב H5437G to turn: turn
my mind	→	לֵב H3820A heart
to understand	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
to explore	→	תּוּר H8446 to spy
to search out	→	בָּקַשׁ H1245 to seek
wisdom	→	חׇכְמָה H2451 wisdom
and explanations	→	חֶשְׁבּוֹן H2808 explanation
and to understand	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
the stupidity	→	כֶּ֫סֶל H3689 loin
of wickedness	→	רֶ֫שַׁע H7562 wickedness
and the folly	→	סִכְלוּת H5531B folly
of madness	→	הוֹלֵלָה H1947 madness

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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