1) madness Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: active participle of H1984 Same Word by TWOT Number: 501a
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[הוֺלֵלָה] noun femininemadness (on text see below), only plural הֹלֵלוֺת, הוֺלֵלוֺת, and only Ecclesiastes: Ecclesiastes 1:17and I set my heart (וָאֶתְּנָה לִבִּי) to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly (הֹלֵלוֺת וְשִׂכְלוּת), compare הוֺלֵלוֺתEcclesiastes 2:12 ("" id.); ׳וְלָדַעַת רֶשַׁע כֶּסֶל וְהַסִּכְלוּת הEcclesiastes 7:25; i.e. to know folly to be madness; possibly read חוֺלֵלוּת, compare סִכְלוּת & following; the moral evil of it is specifically recognized in Ecclesiastes 9:3 ("" רָע).
Ecclesiastes 1:17 HEB:חָכְמָ֔ה וְדַ֥עַת הוֹלֵל֖וֹת וְשִׂכְל֑וּת יָדַ֕עְתִּי NAS: and to know madness and folly; KJV: and to know madness and folly: INT: wisdom know madness and folly realized
Ecclesiastes 2:12 HEB:לִרְא֣וֹת חָכְמָ֔ה וְהוֹלֵל֖וֹת וְסִכְל֑וּת כִּ֣י ׀ NAS: wisdom, madness and folly; KJV: wisdom, and madness, and folly: INT: to consider wisdom madness and folly for
Ecclesiastes 7:25 HEB:כֶּ֔סֶל וְהַסִּכְל֖וּת הוֹלֵלֽוֹת׃ NAS: of folly and the foolishness of madness. KJV: even of foolishness [and] madness: INT: of folly of foolishness of madness
Ecclesiastes 9:3 HEB:מָלֵא־ רָ֨ע וְהוֹלֵל֤וֹת בִּלְבָבָם֙ בְּחַיֵּיהֶ֔ם NAS: of evil and insanity is in their hearts KJV: of evil, and madness [is] in their heart INT: is full of evil and insanity their hearts live
