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For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. (KJV)

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כִּ֣יkifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:6 word 1

כְק֤וֹלkhe.Kollike [the] sound of

Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963H

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

Meaning: voice: sound

Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Exodus 19:16, Exodus 19:19, Exodus 20:18, Exodus 28:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6963H; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:6 word 2

הַסִּירִים֙ha.si.Rim<the> thorns

Lemma: סִיר (sir) · Strong's: H5518B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: thorn

Used 5 times. Also: Isaiah 34:13, Hosea 2:6, Amos 4:2, Nahum 1:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5518B; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:6 word 3

תַּ֣חַתTa.chatunder

Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478G

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

Meaning: underneath: under

Used 238 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 18:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8478G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:6 word 4

הַסִּ֔ירha.Sirthe pot

Lemma: סִיר (sir) · Strong's: H5518A

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

Meaning: pot

Used 29 times. Also: Exodus 16:3, Exodus 27:3, Exodus 38:3, 1 Kings 7:45, 2 Kings 4:38, 2 Kings 4:39 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5518A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:6 word 5

כֵּ֖ןkenso

Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: so

Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:6 word 6

שְׂחֹ֣קse.Chok[the] laughter of

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

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

Meaning: laughter

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

Source: TBESH H7814; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:6 word 7

הַכְּסִ֑ילha.ke.Silthe fool

Lemma: כְּסִיל (ke.sil) · Strong's: H3684

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

Meaning: fool

Used 70 times. Also: Psalms 49:10, Psalms 92:6, Psalms 94:8, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:32, Proverbs 3:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3684; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:6 word 8

וְגַם\־ve.gam-and also

Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: also

Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:6 word 9

זֶ֖הzehthis

Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088

Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)

Meaning: this

Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:6 word 10

הָֽבֶל\׃Ha.vel[is] futility

Lemma: הֶ֫בֶל (he.vel) · Strong's: H1892

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

Meaning: vanity

Used 73 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:21, 1 Kings 16:13, 1 Kings 16:26, 2 Kings 17:15, Job 7:16, Job 9:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1892; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:6 word 11

How the BSB renders it

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

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
like the crackling	→	קוֹל H6963H voice: sound
of thorns	→	סִיר H5518B thorn
under	→	תַּחַת H8478G underneath: under
the pot	→	סִיר H5518B thorn
so	→	כֵּן H3651C so
is the laughter	→	שְׂחֹק H7814 laughter
of the fool	→	כְּסִיל H3684 fool
This	→	זֶה H2088 this
too	→	גַּם H1571 also
is futile	→	הֶ֫בֶל H1892 vanity

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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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